plastral
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of plastral
First recorded in 1885–90; plastr(on) + -al 1
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Table 3 summarizes the relationship of abdominal length to plastral length, and of carapace length to plastral length.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
The external scutellation of the plastral hinge in adults also differs from that in juveniles.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
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 Legler, John M.
The relation of plastral length to number of eggs laid by 21 females of T. o. ornata from eastern Kansas.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
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 Legler, John M.
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