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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Placophora

/(plȧ*kŏf"ō̇*rȧ)/ · Pla·coph·o·ra · IPA
01 n. pl. A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illu…
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    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.(Zool.) Also: <subclass>Polyplacophora</subclass> See: Chiton, Isopleura