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lobopod

lobopod noun: any of the numerous stub-legs of a lobopodian; a lobopodium.

Noun

lobopod (plural lobopods)

  1. Any of the numerous stub-legs of a lobopodian; a lobopodium.
    • Onychophorans […] have cylindrical segmented bodies with many pairs of legs called lobopods, which are essentially fluid-filled bags.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian
  2. One of the extinct panarthropods of the phylum Lobopodia.
    • The early lobopods have a melange of characteristics that makes their position on the tree of life difficult to pin down.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 261

Forms of lobopod

plurallobopods

Origin of lobopod

Shortened form of lobopodium.

Questions about lobopod

What does lobopod mean?
Lobopod means any of the numerous stub-legs of a lobopodian; a lobopodium.
What part of speech is lobopod?
Lobopod is a noun.
What is the plural of lobopod?
The plural of lobopod is lobopods.

Words near lobopod in the dictionary

  1. lobomycosis
  2. lobomycotic
  3. lobophorolide
  4. lobophylliid
  5. lobophylliids
  6. lobopod
  7. lobopodia
  8. lobopodial
  9. lobopodian
  10. lobopodians
  11. lobopodium

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