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PARAPHRAGM

\pˈaɹəfɹˌam], \pˈaɹəfɹˌam], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_f_ɹ_ˌa_m]\

Definitions of PARAPHRAGM

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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par'a-fram, n. a kind of lateral diaphragm in Crustacea.--adj. PARAPHRAG'MAL. [Gr. para, beside, phrassein, to fence.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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