apodeme

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noun

An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.

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Meanings

nounapodeme (plural apodemes)

plural apodemes

  1. biologyAn ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.

    The muscles are attached either directly to internal protrusions of its external skeleton, called apodemes, or indirectly, by filaments attached to the connection points.

    2007 November 20, C. Claiborne Ray, “Ant Power”, in New York Times

Translations

Arabic أَبُودِيم
  • أَبُودِيم (ʔabūdīm)an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles
Portuguese apódema
  • apódemaan ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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