/ˌnəʊtəˈpəʊdɪə/, U.S. /ˌnoʊdəˈpoʊdiə/.notopodiumn.
/ˌnəʊtəˈpəʊdɪəm/, U.S. /ˌnoʊdəˈpoʊdiəm//ˌnəʊtəˈpəʊdɪə/, U.S. /ˌnoʊdəˈpoʊdiə/. Zoology.
The upper or dorsal branch of a parapodium. Cf. neuropodium n.
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1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. I. xxviii. 160 An upper process, called the ‘notopodium’, or ‘dorsal oar’.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals v. 229 In the young state of Polynöe, the notopodium is as large as the 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 Polychæta, the notopodium and neuropodium arising in connection with the dorsal and ventral bundles of setæ.
1951 W. S. Bullough Pract. Invertebr. Anat. xii. 158 Detach a parapodium from the epitoke, and notice that its exceptional size is due to enlarged notopodium and neuropodium.
2001 G. W. Rouse & F. Pleijel Polychaetes iii. 23/1 In some groups with projecting neuropodia, the notopodia are expanded to transverse ridges more or less covering the dorsum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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