malipeden.
/ˈmalᵻpiːd/, U.S. /ˈmæləpid/ Zoology. rare.
Either of the last pair of cephalic appendages or of the first pair of body appendages (maxillipeds) in a chilopod (centipede).
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maxilla1798
foot-jaw1828
maxilliped1846
masticatory foot1852
mouth organ1863
gnathite1870
jaw-foot1871
gnathobase1881
jaw-process1881
malipede1883
1883 A. S. Packard in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Nov. 342 We therefore propose the term malipedes..for the fourth and fifth pair of cephalic appendages.
1884 A. S. Packard in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1883–4 21 201 The second pair of malipedes, or last pair of mouth-appendages, are the poison fangs.
1989 Torre-Bueno Gloss. Entomol. (rev. ed.) 418 Malipedes, the third and fourth pair of footjaws in centipedes.
Derivatives
maˈlipedal adj.
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1883 A. S. Packard in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Nov. 343 The second malipedal tergite.
1884 A. S. Packard in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1883–4 21 201 The tergum of the fourth segment, or second malipedal segment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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