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- Plastron - n. - A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.
- Plastron - n. - An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
- Plastron - n. - The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.
- Plastron - n. - A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.
- Epiplastron - n. - One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
- Hyopastron - n. - The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.
- Entoplastron - n. - The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.
- Xiphiplastron - n. - The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.
- Hypoplastron - n. - The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.