释义 |
propodite Zool.|ˈprɒpəʊdaɪt| [f. next + -ite1 3.] The penultimate joint of a developed endopodite limb, as of a crustacean.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 92 The two terminal joints..which are known as the ‘propodite’ and ‘dactylopodite’. 1880Huxley Crayfish iv. 165 The endopodite is divided into five joints, named,—ischiopodite, meropodite, carpopodite, propodite, and dactylopodite. Hence propoˈditic a., of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a propodite, as the propoditic joint. |