metapode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Word forms

metapode metapodes

Etymology

From New Latin metapodium, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + πούς (poús). By surface analysis, meta- + -pode.

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