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Definition of Parapodium
1. Noun. One of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing.
Definition of Parapodium
1. n. One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
Definition of Parapodium
1. Noun. (zoology) Paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parapodium
1. [n -DIA]
Medical Definition of Parapodium
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Beside +, dim. Of foot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parapodium
Literary usage of Parapodium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Apodida: A Morphological Study by Henry Meyners Bernard (1892)
"A comparison of a limb of Apus with an Anne- lidan parapodium such as is shown in
... Diagram to compare an Annelid parapodium (A)1 with a limb of Apus (. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"The first distinct parapodium is on the somite following the peris- ... They begin
abruptly on the fourth parapodium, and the first is about three-fifths as ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"Compound seta of the same, x 210. PLATE LI. 1.—parapodium of Syllia ... parapodium of
the same. 8.—Compound seta. PLATE LII. "ig. 1. ..."
4. Polychaet Larvae by F. H. Gravely (1909)
"... A.—First parapodium of the left side of the above larva. ... A.—Left parapodium
of one of the 4th-6th segments of the above larva. X 80 (diagrammatic*). ..."
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