Dictionary entry

Paraphragma

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Par′a‐phrag″ma (–frăg″mȧ), n.; pl.Paraphragmata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. παρά beside + �, �, an inclosure.] (Zoöl.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. — Par′a‐phrag″mal (#), a.