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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The second lateral piece of the so-called sternum — that is, of the plastron — of a chelonian; the hyoplastron of Huxley. See second cut under Chelonia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) See hyoplastron.

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  • noun anatomy hyoplastron

Etymologies

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hyo- +‎ sternum

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