Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The third lateral piece of the plastron of a turtle: called the hypoplastron by Huxley. See second cut under Chelonia.

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

  • noun (Anat.) See hypoplastron.

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  • noun anatomy The hypoplastron.

Etymologies

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hypo- +‎ sternum

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