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- plesiosaurAny of the order †Plesiosauria of extinct marine reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- plesionymSynonym of parasynonym: A term (word or phrase) which is parasynonymous with others, but not necessarily considered a synonym.
- plesiobiosisA close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction.
- plesiobioticPertaining to plesiobiosis.
- plesiobiontA social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.
- plesiochronousAlmost, but not quite, synchronous.
- plesiohedronA special kind of space-filling polyhedron, defined as the Voronoi cell of a symmetric Delone set. Three-dimensional Euclidean space can be completely filled by copies of any one of these shapes, with no overlaps.
- plesiomorphAn organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism.
- plesiomorphyA character state that is present in both outgroups and in the ancestors
- plesiopedal(of a mosasaur) Having limbs adapted for terrestrial motion.