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notopod

notopod noun: in Latreille's system, a brachyurous decapod crustacean, such as a crab of the genera Homola, Dorippe, Dromia, Dynomene, Ranina.

Noun

notopod (plural notopods)

  1. In Latreille's system, a brachyurous decapod crustacean, such as a crab of the genera Homola, Dorippe, Dromia, Dynomene, Ranina.
    • The notopods begin on the second or third segment and the neuropods are very variable in their segment of origin, being sometimes altogether absent from the anterior region.1935, John Roxborough Norman, Coast Fishes: South Atlantic
  2. An elaterid; a click beetle.

Synonyms of notopod

Forms of notopod

pluralnotopods

Questions about notopod

What does notopod mean?
Notopod means in Latreille's system, a brachyurous decapod crustacean, such as a crab of the genera Homola, Dorippe, Dromia, Dynomene, Ranina.
What part of speech is notopod?
Notopod is a noun.
What is the plural of notopod?
The plural of notopod is notopods.

Words near notopod in the dictionary

  1. notoplate
  2. notoplates
  3. notopleura
  4. notopleural
  5. notopleuron
  6. notopod
  7. notopodal
  8. notopodia
  9. notopodial
  10. notopodium
  11. notopods

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