zygopleura

‖ zygopleura, n. pl. Morphol.

(zaɪgəʊˈplʊərə, zɪg-)

[mod.L., f. Gr. ζυγόν yoke + πλευρά side.]

Organic forms having bilateral symmetry, with either two or four antimeres or corresponding opposite parts (dipleura, tetrapleura). Hence zygoˈpleural a., having bilateral symmetry.

[see dipleura]. [see dipleural def.].