propoditen.
/ˈprɒpədʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈprɑpəˌdaɪt/ Zoology.
The penultimate joint of a crustacean endopodite, borne on the carpopodite.
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1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 92 The two terminal joints..which are known as the ‘propodite’ and ‘dactylopodite’.
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish iv. 165 The endopodite is divided into five joints, named,—ischiopodite, meropodite, carpopodite, propodite, and dactylopodite.
1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 468 The inner borders of the dactyl and propodite do not come into contact and lack cutting or crushing edges.
1986 Jrnl. Crustacean Biol. 6 666 The formation of spines and the secretion of the epicuticle and then the procuticle at the level of the propodite divide the premolt period into seven stages.
Derivatives
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1890 Cent. Dict. Propoditic, of or pertaining to the propodite of the limb of a crustacean.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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