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Comparison of
plastrons of a
Cryptodire (Chrysemys
picta marginata) and a
Pleurodire (Chelodina canni) The
plastron (plural:
plastrons or plastra) is...
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their bodies. The
inorganic gill
mechanism allows aquatic arthropods with
plastrons to
remain constantly submerged.
Examples include many
beetles in the family...
- Zhengzhou). By the end of the Erligang, the
plastrons were numerous, and at Anyang, sca****e and
plastrons were used in
roughly equal numbers. Due to the...
- by
inscribing questions on
turtle plastrons using the
oldest known form of
Chinese characters,
burning the
plastron, and
interpreting the
resulting cracks...
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turtles and tortoises. In
turtles and tortoises, the
underside is
called the
plastron. In crustaceans, the
carapace functions as a
protective cover over the...
- the
sport of
fencing it is used in the
protective jackets, breeches,
plastrons and the bib of the masks. It is
increasingly being used in the peto, the...
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distinguished from the more
common Indian star
tortoise by
comparing the
plastrons of the two species. The
breeding of the
Burmese star
tortoise is difficult...
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characters are
oracle bone
script (甲骨文),
carved on ox sca****e and
tortoise plastrons, as the
rulers in the
Shang dynasty carved pits on such animals' bones...
- directly, in the form of a gill, or
function essentially as normal, via a
plastron.
Despite being internal, the
tracheae of
arthropods are shed
during moulting...
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examples of
writing in China—inscriptions on
oracle bones,
usually tortoise plastrons and ox sca****e
which were used for divination—date from
around 1200 BC...
