plastrón

See also: plastron

Spanish

Etymology

From French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra "thin metal plate", short for impiastro "plaster", from Latin emplastrum (compare Spanish emplastro), from Ancient Greek εμπλαστρον (emplastron) (emplastron) "daub, salve".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plasˈtɾo̞n/

Noun

plastrón m (plural plastrones)

(zoology) plastron

Synonyms

peto m

Related terms

emplasto m
emplastro m

References

“plastrón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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