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Definition of Xiphiplastra

Xiphiplastra
Xiphiplastron Xiph"i*plas"tron, n.; pl. Xiphiplastra. [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword + plastron.] (Anat.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.

Meaning of Xiphiplastra from wikipedia

- hypoplastra (containing the posterior bridge strut) and the rear is a pair of xiphiplastra. Overlying the boney elements are a series of scutes, which are made...
- well as paired epiplastra, entoplastra, hyoplastra, hypoplastra and xiphiplastra (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984). The oldest records of Pan-Chelidae (the...
- pair of gastralia gets a distinct name: the hyoplastra, hypoplastra, xiphiplastra, and in some taxa the mesoplastra. Gastralia were ancestrally present...
- the radial process on the humerus and a peculiar bent formation of the xiphiplastra. He concluded that genus Protostega and species Protostega gigas was...
- none of the nuchal emargination that is more visible in juveniles. The Xiphiplastras also have a large, V-shaped notch near the back of the bone. The skull...