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pereon

pereon is the alternative form of pereion.

Meaning of pereion

Noun

pereion (plural pereia)

  1. The thorax of a crustacean, between the head (cephalon) and abdomen (pleon).

Forms of pereon

pluralperea

Words formed from pereon

Questions about pereon

What is pereon the alternative form of?
Pereon is the alternative form of pereion.

Words near pereon in the dictionary

  1. perennities
  2. perennity
  3. perentie
  4. perenties
  5. perenty
  6. pereon
  7. pereonite
  8. pereonites
  9. pereopod
  10. pereopodal
  11. pereopods

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pereon (page history and authors); pereion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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