exopodite [ek-sop-uh-dahyt] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Zoology. the outer or lateral branch of a two-branched crustacean leg or appendage.Compare endopodite, protopodite. Liberaldictionary.com
Also ex·o·pod [ek-suh-pod] /ˈɛk səˌpɒd/. Origin of exopodite First recorded in 1865–70; exo- + -pod + -ite1 Related formsex·op·o·dit·ic [ek-sop-uh-dit-ik] /ɛkˌsɒp əˈdɪt ɪk/, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exopodite Historical Examples of exopodite
The third exopodite of the cephalon was apparently about 15 mm.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites
Percy Edward Raymond
En6, The rudimentary sixth endite (exopodite of higher Crustacea).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6
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Exopodite: The outer one of the two main branches into which the typical limb of any segment is divided.
Augusta Foote Arnold
The exopodite is present on the maxillipeds, but disappears from the walking-feet in the higher forms.
Augusta Foote Arnold
The exopodite, however, is much smaller than the endopodite, and it ends in a flexible lash made up of many small segments.
William Thomas Calman