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What is a pleuron?

What is a pleuron? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
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From the median tubercle to the outer edge of the pleuron of the second thoracic segment the distance is 3.7 mm.
For Meleagros sought to have the head, and the Kouretes of pleuron cared not to take the hide only for their portion.
For Portheus had three noble sons, two of whom, Agrius and Melas, abode in Pleuron and rocky Calydon.
On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.
The axillaries are specifically developed only in the wing-flexing insects, where they constitute the flexor mechanism of the wing operated by the flexor muscle arising on the pleuron.
The shell around each somite can be divided into a dorsal tergum, ventral sternum and a lateral pleuron.

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