meropoditen.

Brit.

/mᵻˈrɒpədʌɪt/, U.S.

/məˈrɑpəˌdaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mero- comb. form², -podite comb. form.

Etymology: < mero- comb. form² + -podite comb. form.

Zoology.

A segment of a crustacean endopodite, typically the fourth counting from the tip, between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite. Also called merus.

ΚΠ

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 94 The fourth, the longest of all the segments..is known as the meropodite, and has been compared with the ‘femur’ of insects.

1905 Biometrika 4 182 The length of meropodite of right claw in Gelasimus pugilator is quite sensibly normal.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 564/2 The endopodite is definitely segmented in the higher Crustacea. The segments..are the ischiopodite (ischium), meropodite (merus), carpopodite (carpus), propodite (propodus), and dactylopodite (dactylus).

1993 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 181 96 Single skeletal muscle fibres were prepared from the proximal flexor muscle of the carpopodite in the meropodite segment of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii leg.

Derivatives

meˈropoditic adj. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. Meropoditic, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a meropodite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meropodite
释义	meropoditen. Brit. /mᵻˈrɒpədʌɪt/, U.S. /məˈrɑpəˌdaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mero- comb. form², -podite comb. form. Etymology: < mero- comb. form² + -podite comb. form. Zoology. A segment of a crustacean endopodite, typically the fourth counting from the tip, between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite. Also called merus. ΚΠ 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 94 The fourth, the longest of all the segments..is known as the meropodite, and has been compared with the ‘femur’ of insects. 1905 Biometrika 4 182 The length of meropodite of right claw in Gelasimus pugilator is quite sensibly normal. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 564/2 The endopodite is definitely segmented in the higher Crustacea. The segments..are the ischiopodite (ischium), meropodite (merus), carpopodite (carpus), propodite (propodus), and dactylopodite (dactylus). 1993 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 181 96 Single skeletal muscle fibres were prepared from the proximal flexor muscle of the carpopodite in the meropodite segment of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii leg. Derivatives meˈropoditic adj. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. Meropoditic, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a meropodite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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