Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated upon a pleurapophysis or pleural element of a vertebra, as a spine of a fish's back-bone; specifically, in vertebrate zoöl., pertaining to or of the nature of an epipleura.
- In entomology, pertaining to, on, or bordering the epipleura or inflexed outer side of a beetle's elytrum.
- noun Same as
epipleura , 2. - noun Same as
epipleura , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Arising from the
pleurapophysis of avertebra .
Etymologies
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epi- + pleural
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(pronotal hypomera); and the raised lower margin of the epipleural
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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