Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fourth joint of a developed endopodite, between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite. See cut under endopodite.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

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

  • noun biology A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite

Etymologies

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mero- +‎ podite

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