plastral

American  

[plas-truhl] / ˈplæs trəl /

adjective

Zoology.

1. of or relating to a plastron.

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Etymology

Origin of plastral

First recorded in 1885–90; plastr(on) + -al ¹

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plastral

The gular scutes, on the anterior edge of the forelobe, become worn long before other plastral laminae do.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

It was necessary to express plastral length as the sum of the lengths of forelobe and hind lobe.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

In 1953, turtles in their fifth and sixth years increased in plastral length by 11.4 and 9.1 per cent, or grew at 94.2 and 91.0 per cent of the normal rate, respectively.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

In the Testudinidae the African Kinixys has a movable hinge on the posterior part of the carapace and Pyxis arachnoides of Madagascar has a short, hinged, anterior plastral lobe.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

Extensive black plastral pattern, all parts of which are interconnected.

From A New Supspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, Mexico by John M. Legler

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