PLEUROCARP
Pleu"ro*carp, n. Etym: [Pleuro- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Any pleurocarpic moss.
PLEUROCARPIC; PLEUROCARPOUS
Pleu`ro*car"pic, Pleu`ro*car"pous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Side-fruited; — said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; — opposed to Ant: acrocarpous.
PLEUROCENTRUM
Pleu`ro*cen"trum, n. Etym: [NL. see Pleuro-, and Centrum.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.
PLEURODERES
Pleu*rod"e*res, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.
PLEURODONT
Pleu"ro*dont, a. Etym: [Pleuro- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.