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pleuron

/ploor-on/US // ˈplʊər ɒn //UK // (ˈplʊərɒn) //

胸膜,胸膜炎,褶皱,胸膜炎症

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pleu·ra [ploor-uh]. /ˈplʊər ə/. Entomology.

    • : the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.

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Examples

  • From the median tubercle to the outer edge of the pleuron of the second thoracic segment the distance is 3.7 mm.

  • But the anger of Artemis was not yet soothed, and she roused a strife between the men of Pleuron and the men of Kalydon.

  • For Meleagros sought to have the head, and the Kouretes of Pleuron cared not to take the hide only for their portion.

  • On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.