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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXOPODITE

Ex *op "o *dite, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Zoöl )

 

Defn: The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exopodite

ex op o dite |ekˈsäpəˌdīt ɛkˈsɑpədaɪt |(also exopod |ˈeksəˌpäd |) ▶noun Zoology the outer branch of the biramous limb or appendage of a crustacean. Compare with endopodite, protopodite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from exo- ‘outside ’ + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot ’ + -ite 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

exopodite

exopodite |ɛkˈsɒpədʌɪt |(also exopod |ˈɛksə (ʊ )pɒd |) ▶noun Zoology the outer branch of the biramous limb or appendage of a crustacean. Compare with endopodite, protopodite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from exo- ‘outside ’ + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot ’ + -ite 1 .