endopodite
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of endopodite
1865–70; endo- + -podite < Greek pod- (stem of poús ) foot + -ite 1
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Instead of having a spiny, triangular protopodite for processing food, they had a smooth, rounded structure attached to a short, flexible fingerlike endopodite that was just half the length of the creature’s other walking legs.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
The standard trilobite limb is segmented into three distinct portions — a walking leg, or endopodite, and a gill structure, the exopodite, are connected to the body by a spiny food-processing section, the protopodite.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
Protopodite, endopodite, exopodite, and epipodite were considered to be the morphological units of the crustacean limb.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The endopodite, when present, is unsegmented or composed of few segments and forms the “palp,” and outwardly-directed lobes representing the exopodite and epipodites may also be present.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
In many cases, one of the branches, generally the endopodite, is more strongly developed than the other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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