plastral
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of plastral
First recorded in 1885–90; plastr(on) + -al 1
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The present specimens have carapace lengths of 250 and 238 mm. and plastral lengths of 185 and 176 mm.
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Chelydra serpentina, which may occur sympatrically with C. rossignoni in some parts of Central America, has a narrower plastral bridge and only two barbels beneath the chin.
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Table 3 summarizes the relationship of abdominal length to plastral length, and of carapace length to plastral length.
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Increment in plastral length for the first season of growth was expressed as a percentage of original plastral length because of variability of growth in the season of hatching; growth increments in the season following hatching are, therefore, not so great as indicated in Figure 11.
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The relation of plastral length to number of eggs laid by 21 females of T. o. ornata from eastern Kansas.
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