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|label=pore plates
|definition=1. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In the soft scale Towmeyella parvicornis, groups of invaginated, biocular pores on the dorsal surface of the derm. See also [[sensilla placodea]]. 

2. ([[Bryozoa]]: Gymnolaemata) An interior chitinous or calcareous wall of a zooid with one or more minute pores through which special cells project; part of the communication organ.
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