en·dop·o·dite \enˈdäpəˌdīt\noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary end- + -podite : the mesial or internal branch of a typical limb of a crustacean that is borne upon the protopodite and that in the thoracic limbs of the higher Decapoda forms the entire limb • en·dop·o·dit·ic\(|) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|did.ik\adjective