Xiph"i*plas"tron (?), n.; pl. Xiphiplastra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword + plastron.] Anat.

The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.

 

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