单词 | parapodium |
释义 | parapodium/ˌparəˈpəʊdɪəm![]() noun (plural parapodia /ˌparəˈpəʊdɪə/) Zoology 1(In a polychaete worm) each of a number of paired muscular bristle-bearing appendages used in locomotion, sensation, or respiration.Subsequently work on a brittle star showed expression of the gene in the tube feet, and many found it difficult to equate the tube feet of echinoderms with the parapodia of polychaetes or the arthropod limb....
1.1(In a sea slug or other mollusc) a lateral extension of the foot used as an undulating fin for swimming.Among the Anaspidea, numerous species of the genus Aplysia, such as A. brasiliana, are capable of swimming by undulating their parapodia....
Derivativesparapodial
OriginLate 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek para- 'subsidiary' + pous, pod- 'foot'. |
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