plastron

Noun

Meaning

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

An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.

The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

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A receptive female will then lower the posterior part of her plastron, allowing the male to hook his large curved claws beneath her carapace, at which time she will close her plastron on his nails. Source: Internet

Odontochelys displays a complete bony plastron and an incomplete carapace, similar to an early stage of turtle embryonic development. Source: Internet

The carapace and plastron are joined together on the turtle's sides by bony structures called bridges. Source: Internet

;Plastron :A plastron is an underarm protector worn underneath the jacket. Source: Internet

They have an inflexible trunk encased in a horny carapace above and a plastron below. Source: Internet

Like all other species of American box turtle, ornate box turtles possess a hinged plastron. Source: Internet

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