/skiz"euh pod', skit"seuh-/ , n.
1. any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
adj.
2. Also, schizopodous /ski zop"euh deuhs, skit sop"-/ . belonging or pertaining to the Schizopoda.
[ 1835-45; Schizopoda; see SCHIZO-, -POD ]