Definition of Pleurons. Meaning of Pleurons. Synonyms of Pleurons

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Definition of Pleurons

Pleuron
Pleuron Pleu"ron, n.; pl. Pleura. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the sides of an animal. (b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect. (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

Meaning of Pleurons from wikipedia

- somite can be divided into a dorsal tergum, ventral sternum and a lateral pleuron. Various parts of the exoskeleton may be fused together.: 289  Each somite...
- Look up pleuron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pleuron may refer to: Pleuron (Aetolia), a place in Ancient Greece Pleuron (son of Aetolus), a figure...
- The pleuron (pl. pleura, from Gr**** side, rib) is a lateral sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the tergum and the sternum. While the tergum...
- Pleuron (Ancient Gr****: Πλευρών, gen.: Πλευρῶνος; Gr****: Πλευρώνα, Plevrona or Ασφακοβούνι, Asfakovouni) was a city in ancient Aetolia, Greece. The name...
- Αγήνορι Agēnor; English translation: 'heroic, manly') was a son of King Pleuron of Aetolia and Xanthippe, and grandson of Aetolus. His siblings were Stratonice...
- (Ancient Gr****: Ὑπερμνήστρα Ὑpermnístra) was the daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron and Eurythemis, and the sister of Althaea, Leda, Iphiclus, Evippus, Plexippus...
- flight. The pleura are usually small or hidden in some species, with each pleuron having a single spiracle. The sternum is the most widely visible part of...
- entomologists have favored evolution of wings from lobes of the notum, of the pleuron, or more likely both. In the Carboniferous age, the dragonfly-like Meganeura...
- the cervix, a membrane that separates the head from the thorax; and the pleuron, a lateral sclerite of the thorax. In dragonflies and damselflies, the...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pleuron[pronunciation?] (Ancient Gr****: Πλευρῶνος) was a son of Aetolus and Pronoe, daughter of Phorbus, and brother of Calydon. He...