parapodial

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adjective

Pertaining to the parapodium.

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Meanings

adjectiveparapodial (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the parapodium.

    The ventral nerve mass, the trunk innervations and parapodial nerves are visible.

    2014, J. Wolfgang Wägele, Thomas Bartolomaeus, Deep Metazoan Phylogeny, →ISBN
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    These setae are attached to intrinsic parapodial muscles which act to protrude setae, or retract them, or spread them.

    2012, Mandal, Invertebrate Zoology, →ISBN

    The most accomplished opisthobranch swimming is by enlarged parapodial lobes of the foot.

    2013, Karl M. Wilbur, C. M. Yonge, Physiology of Mollusca - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 402

Origin

From parapodium + -al.

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APA

parapodial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapodial

MLA

“parapodial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapodial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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