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pereion

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pe⋅rei⋅on

  [puh-rahy-on, -rey-, -ree-]
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–noun, plural -rei⋅a  [-rahy-uh, -rey-uh, -ree-uh] .
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
Origin:
1850–55; < NL, repr. Gk peraiôn (prp. of peraioûn to carry about, transport); so called from the location of the legs on the thorax
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