plastrón

See also: plastron

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra (thin metal plate), short for impiastro (plaster), from Latin emplastrum (compare Spanish emplastro), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, daub, salve).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plasˈtɾon/ [plasˈt̪ɾõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: plas‧trón

Noun

plastrón m (plural plastrones)

  1. (zoology) plastron
    Synonym: peto

Further reading

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