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Webster 1913 Edition

Xiphiplastron

‖

Xiph′i-plas′tron

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Xiphiplastra

.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ξίφοσ

a sword +

plastron

.]

(Anat.)

The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; – called also

xiphisternum

.