单词 | stenopodium |
释义 | > as lemmasstenopodium stenopodium n. Brit. /ˌstɛnə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm/ , U.S. /ˌstɛnəˈpoʊdiəm/ [podium n.] Zoology a narrow, two-branched crustacean limb the flexibility of which is provided by joints.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > limb having joints stenopodium1932 1932 L. A. Borradaile & F. A. Potts Invertebrata xii. 298 Since..the phyllopodium possesses the same two rami, and bears them, though not as a distal fork, yet in the same way as a great number of limbs of the first type, it is well not to use a name which might imply that there is a constant difference in respect of the rami between the limbs of the two types. We shall therefore call the first type the stenopodium, referring to its usually slender form. 1967 P. A. Meglitsch Invertebr. Zool. xviii. 755/1 A good case can be made for thinking of stenopodia as the more primitive form of crustacean appendage. < as lemmas |
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