Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of the apodeme of a crustacean which arises from the interepimeral membrane which connects the somites; a pleural or lateral piece of the endothorax, as distinguished from an endosternite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The portion of each
apodeme developed from theinterepimeral membrane in certaincrustaceans .
Etymologies
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endo- + Ancient Greek a rib.
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