thoracopod

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noun

Any appendage attached to the thorax of an animal

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Meanings

nounthoracopod (plural thoracopods)

plural thoracopods

  1. Any appendage attached to the thorax of an animal

    We find that thoracopod 1 in taxa of both families is similar, of 7 articles and forms a maxilliped.

    2015 August 27, “The Evolution of Epigean and Stygobitic Species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in Southern Australia, with the Description of Three New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From thoraco- + -pod.

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