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endopodite

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en⋅dop⋅o⋅dite

[en-dop-uh-dahyt]
–noun Zoology.
the inner or medial branch of a two-branched crustacean leg or appendage.
Also, en⋅do⋅pod [en-duh-pod] .


Origin:
1865–70; endo- + -podite < Gk pod- (s. of poús) foot + -ite 1


en⋅dop⋅o⋅dit⋅ic [en-dop-uh-dit-ik] , adjective
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