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pereion

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[puh-rahy-on, -ray-, -ree-] / pəˈraɪ ɒn, -ˈreɪ-, -ˈri- /

noun

  • pereia
    plural
  1. (in a crustacean) the thorax.


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Etymology

Origin of pereion

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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