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pereion
[ puh-rahy-on, -rey-, -ree- ]
noun
, plural pe·rei·a [p, uh, -, rahy, -, uh, -, rey, -, uh, -, ree, -, uh].
- (in a crustacean) the thorax.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pereion1
1850–55; < New Latin, representing Greek peraiôn (present participle of peraioûn to carry about, transport); so called from the location of the legs on the thorax
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