Pleuron
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Pleuron may refer to:
- Pleuron, Aetolia, a place in Ancient Greece
- Pleuron (son of Aetolus), a figure in Greek mythology
In arthropod anatomy, a pleuron (πλευρ-όν, genitive: -οῦ, neutral, in Greek) is a sclerite on the side of the carapace. It may also refer to:
- Pleuron (crustacean anatomy), the tergum of a crustacean when it overhangs the insertion of the limb on each side as a free plate
- Pleuron (insect anatomy), the lateral portion of a segment of an insect thorax
See also
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