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Meaning of PLEURON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pleu"ron\, n.; pl. {Pleura}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the sides of an animal.
(b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
(c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
 
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