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placophora


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Placophora  \Pla*coph"o*ra\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  from  Gr  ?,  ?,  tablet  + 
  ?  to  bear.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  division  of  gastropod  Mollusca,  including  the  chitons.  The 
  back  is  covered  by  eight  shelly  plates.  Called  also 
  {Polyplacophora}.  See  Illust.  under  {Chiton},  and 
  {Isopleura}. 




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