† podophthalmiann.adj.
Zoology. Obsolete.
A. n.
A crustacean having the eye on the end of a movable stalk; spec. a malacostracan crustacean of the former group Podophthalmia.
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podophthalmian1836
sentinel crab1863
1836 H. Milne-Edwards in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 756/1 This dorsal shield..occurs among the whole of the Podophthalmians.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 263 The five somites which form the middle division correspond with the remaining five somites of the thorax of a Podophthalmian.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the former group Podophthalmia. Cf. podophthalmate adj.
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podophthalmous1843
podophthalmian1857
podophthalmatec1874
podophthalmatous1880
1857 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 147 93 It seems to be characteristic of the Podophthalmian, as contradistinguished from the Edriophthalmian embryo.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 369 The organisation of the Stomatopoda is more Edriophthalmian..than Podophthalmian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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