UROPOD


Meaning of UROPOD in English

Pronunciation: ' yu ̇ r- ə - ˌ päd

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 2 ur- + Greek pod-, pous foot ― more at FOOT

Date: circa 1890

: either of the flattened lateral appendages of the last abdominal segment of a crustacean broadly : an abdominal appendage of a crustacean

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