-mēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + -ophthalmia
1. in some classifications : a group comprising the stalk-eyed crustaceans
2. in former classifications : a division of Malacostraca comprising forms with the eyes supported on movable stalks and coextensive with the Phyllocarida, Euphausiacea, Mysidacea, Decapoda, and Stomatopoda
• pod·oph·thal·mi·an | ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷mēən adjective or noun
• pod·oph·thal·mic -mik adjective
• pod·oph·thal·mous -məs adjective