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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Paraptera

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(Zool.)

A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.

parapterum ‎(plural paraptera)

(zoology) A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.