Paraphragmal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paraphragma \Par`a*phrag"ma\ (-fr[a^]g"m[.a]), n.; pl.
     {Paraphragmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + ?, ?, an
     inclosure.] (Zool.)
     One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
     -- {Par`a*phrag"mal}, a.
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