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apodema

apodema is the alternative form of apodeme.

Meaning of apodeme

Noun

apodeme (plural apodemes)

  1. An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.
    • The muscles are attached either directly to internal protrusions of its external skeleton, called apodemes, or indirectly, by filaments attached to the connection points.2007 November 20, C. Claiborne Ray, “Ant Power”, in New York Times

Forms of apodema

pluralapodemas

Questions about apodema

What is apodema the alternative form of?
Apodema is the alternative form of apodeme.

Words near apodema in the dictionary

  1. apodeictical
  2. apodeictically
  3. apodeictics
  4. apodeipnon
  5. apodeixis
  6. apodema
  7. apodemal
  8. apodemas
  9. apodeme
  10. apodemes
  11. apodemic

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