Podophthalmia
plural noun
Pod·oph·thal·mia
-mēə
1
in some classifications : a group comprising the stalk-eyed crustaceans
2
in former classifications : a division of Malacostraca comprising forms with the eyes supported on movable stalks and coextensive with the Phyllocarida, Euphausiacea, Mysidacea, Decapoda, and Stomatopoda
podophthalmian adjective or noun
¦⸗ˌ⸗¦⸗mēən
podophthalmic adjective
-mik
podophthalmous adjective
-məs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from pod- + -ophthalmia