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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oöstegite; a brood-foot; a thoracic appendage on the females of certain crustaceans, as Apus, the distal portion of which is cup-like and covered by a lid, the whole forming a cavity for the reception of the eggs. See cut at oöstegite.
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