propodite

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noun

The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean, usually the penultimate joint.

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Meanings

nounpropodite (plural propodites)

plural propodites

  1. biologyThe sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean, usually the penultimate joint.
  2. biologyOne of the muscles responsible for moving the propodite.

    The arrangement of the propodite muscles in the carpopodite is very similar to that of the carpopodite muscles within the meropodite.

    1959, “White Shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico”, in Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, volume 59, page 103

Origin

From pro- + podite.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “propodite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propodite.

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