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Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Uropod :: Uropod (n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda..

Decapod :: Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively..

Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..

Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

Hexapodous :: Hexapodous (a.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

Insecta :: Insecta (n.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda..

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.

Insect :: Insect (n.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta..

Decapoda :: Decapoda (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Tibia :: Tibia (n.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda..

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..

Insecta :: Insecta (n.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined..

Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.

Hexapoda :: Hexapoda (n. pl.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids..

#NAME? :: -poda () A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. /, /, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod..

Decacerata :: Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata..

Myriopoda :: Myriopoda (n. pl.) See Myriapoda.

Tetradecapoda :: Tetradecapoda (n. pl.) Same as Arthrostraca.

Apodal :: Apodal (n.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels..

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