metapodial
/ˌmɛtəˈpəʊdɪəl/Zoology
adjective
1Designating a bone of the metacarpus or metatarsus, especially in a quadruped; of, relating to, or made from such a bone.
2Of or relating to the metapodium of a mollusc.
noun
A metapodial bone.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From metapodium + -al.