paraphragma

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paraphragma - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Paraphragma \Par`a*phrag"ma\ (-fr[a^]g"m[.a]), n.; pl.
     Paraphragmata. [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + ?, ?, an
     inclosure.] (Zool.)
     One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
     -- Par`a*phrag"mal, a.
     [1913 Webster]