Definition of Pleonic

1. pleon [adj] - See also: pleon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleonic

pleomorphism
pleomorphisms
pleomorphous
pleon
pleonal
pleonasm
pleonasms
pleonast
pleonaste
pleonastes
pleonastic
pleonastically
pleonasts
pleonectic
pleonexia
pleonic (current term)
pleonosteosis
pleons
pleophony
pleopod
pleopoda
pleopods
pleoptics
pleoptophor
pleopus
plerocercoids
pleroma
pleromas
plerome

Literary usage of Pleonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1903)
"... the abdomen ('pleonic somites,' Bate) measures 28 mm. in length, minus the telson, which, although wanting in Fig. 1, is supplied by Fig. ..."

2. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1868)
"... of hermit crabs (Paguri), are, in respect to the peculiar formation of their pleonic appendages, amongst the most remarkable of crustaceous animals. ..."

3. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"The posterior or pleonic artery (PL XXXIV, fig. 1 f) has more definite tunics and holds a longer course than those from the forepart and sides of the heart. ..."

4. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1906)
"Sixth pleonic segment twice as long as fifth, and nearly as long as telson, which has two pairs of lateral spines. Fig. ТЗ. ..."

5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1903)
"... the abdomen ('pleonic somites,' Bate) measures 28 mm. in length, minus the telson, which, although wanting in Fig. 1, is supplied by Fig. ..."

6. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1868)
"... of hermit crabs (Paguri), are, in respect to the peculiar formation of their pleonic appendages, amongst the most remarkable of crustaceous animals. ..."

7. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"The posterior or pleonic artery (PL XXXIV, fig. 1 f) has more definite tunics and holds a longer course than those from the forepart and sides of the heart. ..."

8. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1906)
"Sixth pleonic segment twice as long as fifth, and nearly as long as telson, which has two pairs of lateral spines. Fig. ТЗ. ..."

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