epiplastron

noun

epi·​plastron

¦epə̇,

¦epē+

plural epiplastra or epiplastrons

: one of the first pair of lateral bony plates in the plastron of a turtle sometimes considered homologous with the clavicles of other vertebrates

Word History

Etymology

epi- + plastron

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