| plastron |
the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt the front of man's dress shirt a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside
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| plasm- |
germ plasm: the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes plasma: colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
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| placentation |
the formation of the placenta in the uterus
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| plantigrade |
(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) plantigrade mammal: an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
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| plate |
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic home plate: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten the quantity contained in a plate a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly the thin under portion of the forequarter a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" any flat platelike body structure or part the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage a shallow receptacle for collection in church a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver" denture: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
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