propodal

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a propodus.

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Meanings

adjectivepropodal (comparative more propodal, superlative most propodal)

comparative more propodal · superlative most propodal

  1. Of or pertaining to a propodus.

    The chelae are olive or brown, with cream or yellow propodal tubercles.

    2023 December 16, Wikipedia contributors, “Cambarus carinirostris”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation
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    The propodal finger is about one-third of the length of the propodus and is longitudinally traversed by continuations of the two lower carinae of the propodus; there are three large teeth on the cutting edge, the median one being the most prominent.

    1926, William Beebe, THE ARCTURUS OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION (Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society; VIII), page 194

Origin

From propodus + -al.

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Chicago

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