English edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, beside) + φράγμα (phrágma, enclosure).

Noun edit

paraphragma (plural paraphragmata)

  1. (zoology) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite crustacean.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paraphragma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)