Etymology

metapode

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Today it means: The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda. Full definition →

New Latin metapodium ← Ancient Greek μετα-
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμετα-
  2. New Latin · borrowed frommetapodium
  3. English todaymetapode

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμετα- all →

meta-metanotummetosteon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.