Definition of plastron

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Plastron (n.) A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast..

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Plastron :: Plastron (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist..
Epiplastron :: Epiplastron (n.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
Entoplastron :: Entoplastron (n.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.
Episternum :: Episternum (n.) Same as Epiplastron.
Plastron :: Plastron (n.) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk..
Plastron :: Plastron (n.) A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast..
Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..
Hyopastron :: Hyopastron (n.) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.
Hypoplastron :: Hypoplastron (n.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.
Entosternum :: Entosternum (n.) See Entoplastron.
Plastron :: Plastron (n.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.
Xiphisternum :: Xiphisternum (n.) The xiphiplastron.
Hyosternum :: Hyosternum (n.) See Hyoplastron.
Hyposternum :: Hyposternum (n.) See Hypoplastron.
Xiphiplastron :: Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum..
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