Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Jaw-footed; of or pertaining to the Gnathopoda, in any sense. Also gnathopodous.
  • noun A member of the Gnathopoda, of any kind.
  • noun A gnathopodite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See maxilliped.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology A maxilliped.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek the jaw + -pod.

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