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apodeme Zool.|ˈæpədiːm|
[ad. mod.L. apodema (itself often used), f. Gr. ἀπό from + δέµας body, frame.]
One of the peculiar processes on the exoskeleton of the thorax of Arthropods, which serve as attachment for muscles and other appendages.
1852Dana Crustac. i. 49 No sella turcica or median apodeme. [1880Huxley Cray-Fish iii. 99 The front end..is fixed to a series of processes of the exoskeleton of the thorax called apodemata.] |