neuropodiumn.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊroʊˈpoʊdiəm/ Zoology.
The lower or ventral branch of a parapodium. Cf. notopodium n.
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1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. I. xxviii. 161 A lower process, termed the ‘neuropodium’, or ‘ventral oar’.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals v. 229 The notopodium and the neuropodium carry each a single, sharp, style-like aciculum.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 594 The parapodia of Polychæta are..either simple..or divided..into a dorsal notopodium and a ventral neuropodium.
1913 Science 21 Feb. 309/1 The facts noted suggest the origin of the biramose appendage of the Hexapoda directly from the parapodium of the Polychæts, the notopodium and neuropodium arising in connection with the dorsal and ventral bundles of setæ.
1940 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 6) I. 310 When one of the parapodia..is examined more attentively it is found to..consist of two distinct divisions—a dorsal..and a ventral, which is called a neuropodium.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xi. 511/1 The notopodia and neuropodia assume various shapes in different families and may be subdivided into several lobes or even greatly reduced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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