protopodite

protopodite
protopoditic /preuh top'euh dit"ik/, adj.
/proh top"euh duyt'/, n. Zool.
the basal portion of a two-branched crustacean leg or other appendage.
Also, protopod /proh"teuh pod'/. Cf. endopodite, exopodite.
[1865-70; PROTO- + POD- + -ITE1]

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  • protopodite — n. [Gr. protos, first; pous, foot] (ARTHROPODA) The basal stalk of a segmented appendage; sympod or sympodite; see protopod …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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  • protopodite — pl.m. protopoditi …   Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

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