Skip to content

carpopodite

Today it means: The fifth joint of the endopodite of a crustacean (between the meropodite and the propodite) Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPT Claude Perplexity Google AI Grok

The story

From carpo- (“carpus”) + podite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.