Definition of pleurocentrum
:one of a pair of dorsal and lateral elements of the centrum of the vertebra of the fish and of an extinct amphibian representing or formed from dorsal arcualia
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Origin and Etymology of pleurocentrum
New Latin, from pleur- + centrum
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