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Meaning of PERITREME

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Per"i*treme\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. ? a hole.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds
    the spiracles.
(b) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.
 
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