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plastron
The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
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The great tortoise that in myth is said to support the world and is thus an embodiment of the galaxy, without whose swirling order we would be a lonely wanderer in space, is supposed to have revealed in ancient times the Universal Rule, since lost, by which one might always be sure of acting rightly. Its carapace represented the bowl of heaven, its plastron the plains of all the worlds.
(fencing) A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
A man's shirt-bosom.
An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice.
A breastplate.
A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill.
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