| poecilopod | <zoology> One of the Poecilopoda. Also used adjectively. Origin: Cf. F. Poecilopode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| poecilopoda | <zoology> Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea). By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Variegated, manifold + -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |