podomeren.
/ˈpɒdə(ʊ)mɪə/, U.S. /ˈpɑdəˌmɪ(ə)r/ Zoology.
Each of the sections of a segmented leg or other appendage of an invertebrate, esp. an arthropod.
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1897 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. I. xi. 484 There is, however, an important advance on the segmented Worms in the circumstance that each typical segment bears a pair of appendages, distinguished from the simple footstumps..of the Polychaeta in being divisible into distinct limb-segments or podomeres.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Podomere, one of the joints which compose the axis of the leaf-like abdominal appendage in the phyllopod Crustacea.
1935 R. E. Snodgrass Princ. Insect Morphol. v. 85 A clearly defined limb segment, definitely correlated with muscle attachments, is termed a podomere, or podite.
1979 Nature 29 Mar. 490/3 The nicest device she [sc. Dr. Sidnie Manton] discovered was surely the rock of the arthropod coxae, lining-up the dorsal hinge joints to translate the depression of proximal podomeres into effective extension of the legs.
2003 Devel. Genes & Evol. 213 55 The remarkable variation among insect gnathal structures, particularly in the distal podomeres, suggests two Hox genes may enhance the adaptive potential of gnathal appendage morphology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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