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trochalopod, n. (a.) Entom.|ˈtrɒkələʊpɒd, trəʊˈkæləpɒd|
[f. mod.L. Trochalopod-a, neut. pl., f. Gr. τροχαλός adj. running, rolling + πούς, ποδ- foot.]
A member of the Trochalopoda, a group of heteropterous insects in which the posterior coxæ have a rotary motion. b. adj. Belonging to the Trochalopoda. Also trochalopodous |trɒkəˈlɒpədəs| a.
1870Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Sept. 233 The coxæ of trochalopodous Heteroptera are round. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Trochalopod. |