remipede

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several small, marine, cave-dwelling crustaceans, of the class Remipedia, characterized by a short head and a long trunk bearing setose swimming appendages

Word forms

remipede remipedes remiped

Etymology

From French rémipède, partly modelled on Latin.

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