plastron

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Current techniques to assess artificially made superhydrophobic surfaces only take into account two parameters, which don't give enough information about the stability of the air plastron underwater.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

The cotton poplin plastron shirt took 11 hours to make, according to the French house.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2018

The shell consists of the ventral surface called the plastron and the dorsal surface called the carapace, which develops from the ribs.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It’s perfectly normal for some tortoise species to have a penis that is half the length, or more, of the plastron.

From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2012

It is clear that movement of the plastron in many emyids is mechanically impossible because of the bracing effect of the buttresses.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.