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‖ parapodium Zool.|pærəˈpəʊdɪəm|
[mod.L., f. para-1 1 in sense ‘subsidiary’, ‘false’ + Gr. ποδ- foot (cf. Gr. παραπόδιος at the feet).]
One of the jointless lateral processes or rudimentary limbs of annelids, which serve as organs of locomotion, and sometimes of sensation or respiration.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. v. 227 Those parapodia which lie in the vicinity of the mouth may be specially modified in form and direction, foreshadowing the jaws of the Arthropoda. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 134 The foot-stumps or parapodia. Ibid. 237 The parapodia..found in the higher Annulata. |