‖ pleuron Anat. and Zool.
(ˈplʊərən)
Pl. pleura.
[a. Gr. πλευρόν rib, side.]
The lateral part of the body-wall, the side; spec. in Arthropoda, the lateral part of each somite or section of the body (in insects, of each thoracic somite).
| 1706 Phillips, Pleuron, a Side or Rib. 1872 Nicholson Palæont. 146 A plate which is called the pleuron, or pleura. 1880 Huxley Crayfish iii. 96 Where these two join, a broad plate is sent down on each side, which overlaps the bases of the abdominal appendages and is known as the pleuron. |