Etymology

micropod

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Today it means: A member of the superseded taxonomic order Micropoda, which possess a diminutive foot or lack one, such as oysters. Full definition →

New Latin Micropoda
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromMicropoda
  2. English todaymicropod

From New Latin Micropoda, from micro- + -poda.

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