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Peltidium vs Deltidium - What's the difference?

peltidium | deltidium |

As nouns the difference between peltidium and deltidium

is that peltidium is (anatomy) a prodorsal shield in chelicerates while deltidium is (zoology) the triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

peltidium

English

Noun

(peltidia)
  • (anatomy) A prodorsal shield in chelicerates

    • Derived terms

    * mesopeltidium * metapeltidium

    Synonyms

    * schizopeltid

    deltidium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (zoology) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.
    • (Webster 1913)