Pleuron [noun]

Definition of Pleuron:

haunch of an animate being

Synonyms of Pleuron:

● Hip

● Ham

● Thigh

● Hand

● Quarter

● Wing

● Side

● Loin


Opposite/Antonyms of Pleuron:

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Sentence/Example of Pleuron:

On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.

But the anger of Artemis was not yet soothed, and she roused a strife between the men of Pleuron and the men of Kalydon.

For Meleagros sought to have the head, and the Kouretes of Pleuron cared not to take the hide only for their portion.

From the median tubercle to the outer edge of the pleuron of the second thoracic segment the distance is 3.7 mm.