pachypod

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/ˈpækɪˌpɑd//-i-/

noun

Any of a group of animals with thick feet.

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Meanings

nounpachypod (plural pachypods)

plural pachypods

  1. attributivesometimesbiologyAny of a group of animals with thick feet.

    In size and form of the bones this metapodium suggests comparison with the pachypod mammals, and most conspicuously, by the presence of five digits, with the elephant, in which the metapodial bones are equally large.

    1871, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume 8, page 313

Origin

From pachy- + -pod.

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Chicago

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