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pleon

(ˈpliːən)
n
(Zoology) zoology the abdomen of a crustacean
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ple•on

(ˈpli ɒn)

n.
the abdomen of a crustacean.
[1850–55; n. use of Greek pléōn, present participle of pleîn to swim, sail]
ple′on•al (-ə nl) ple•on′ic, adj.
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from McMaster University in Canada and spent a year in Germany studying limnology at the Freshwater Institute in Pleon and marine biology at the University of Kiel.
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Segmento 2 del pleon con un diente dorsal posterior.
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The cephalothorax of each female was detached from the pleon, and both were weighed (wet weight, precision 0.1 mg) and stored at -70 [degrees]C for biochemical analyses.
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Body flat, ovoidal, with pleon narrower than pereon (Fig.
Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from the coasts of Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species/Isopoda terrestre (Crustacea, Oniscidea) de las costas de Costa Rica, con descripciones de tres nuevas especies
falclandica according to Lew-Ton & Poore (1986), and its anterior part is wider than its posterior part (1.6 and 0.8 mm, respectively); the pleon is formed by the fusion of pereonites PV, PVI, and PVII.
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Antenna, antennula, maxilla, maxillule, maxilliped, pereon, pleon, pereopods, pleopods, pleotelson and uropods were mounted between a depressed slide and a coverslip for observation and measurement in a Leica EZ4HD stereomicroscope (Thatcher, Oliveira, & Garcia, 2009).
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All body regions distinct, pereomeres distinct but pleomeres medially fused; pleon strongly torsioned (Fig 1A, B).
Redescription of Bathygyge grandis Hansen, 1897 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) from Southern California with erection of a new subfamily, Bathygyginae
Class V: biddan 1 'to ask', biddan 2 'to beg', cnedan 'to knead', cwedan 'to say', drepan 'to strike', etan 1 'to eat', etan 2 'to eat together', feon 'to rejoice', fnesan 1 'to pant', fretan 'to devour', giefan 'to give', gietan 'to get', lesan 'to collect', licgan 'to lie', metan 'to measure', nesan 'to escape from', pleon 'to expose to danger', repan 'to reap', screpan 'to scrape', seon 1 'to see', seon 3 'to provide', sittan 1 'to sit', sittan 2 'to finish', sprecan 1 'to speak', sprecan 2 'to agree', stecan, swefan 'to sleep', tredan 'to tread', wefan 'to weave', wegan 1 'to carry', wegan 2 'to fight', wrecan 'to drive'.
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