Pleuron

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

  Pleuron \Pleu"ron\, n.; pl. {Pleura}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib.]
     (Zool.)
     (a) One of the sides of an animal.
     (b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
     (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
         [1913 Webster]