Meanings
nounprotopod (plural protopods)
plural protopods
- Synonym of protopodite.
The protopod and the endopod are of about the same length, while the exopod is slightly longer.
2015 December 19, “Naupliar and Metanaupliar Development of Thysanoessa raschii (Malacostraca, Euphausiacea) from Godthåbsfjord, Greenland, with a Reinstatement of the Ancestral Status of the Free-Living Nauplius in Malacostracan Evolution”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: protopodite
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of protopodite.
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protopod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protopod
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“protopod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protopod. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protopod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protopod.
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