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pleuron
pleu·ron [ plr òn ] (plural pleu·ra [ plrə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
side skin of arthropod: the part of the outer layer of the skin of an arthropod that covers the side of a body segment
[Early 18th century. Via modern Latin< Greek, "side, rib"]
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