plastron
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Cones etched onto the substrate make the water droplets glide on an air-film gap, known as a plastron.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
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
Actual and relative increases in length of the plastron can be determined in a like manner.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
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