meropodite
/mɪˈrɒpədʌɪt/Zoology
noun
A segment of a crustacean endopodite, typically the fourth counting from the tip, between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in George Rolleston (1829–1881), physician and physiologist. From mero- + -podite.