ˌlēməˈdipədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from laemo- (from Greek laimos throat, gullet) + -dipoda ( from Greek dipod-, dipous having two feet) — more at gymnolaemata , dipodomys
in some classifications : a division of Amphipoda comprising crustaceans (as the whale lice and members of the genus Caprella ) in which the abdomen is small and rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs