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plastral

/plas-truhl/US // ˈplæs trəl //

地籍,地产,地毯,地狱

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Zoology.

    • : of or relating to a plastron.

Examples

  • Variation and relative growth in the plastral scutes of the turtle Kinosternon integrum LeConte.

  • Siebenrock's synopsis of living trionychids was based entirely on plastral characters.

  • The pattern of sculpturing on the plastral bones as well as that of the carapace is generally of anastamosing ridges.

  • The smallest female, from Lajitas, having a plastral length of 6.9 centimeters, has a mottled carapace.

  • It was necessary to express plastral length as the sum of the lengths of forelobe and hind lobe.