Definition of Schizopoda

1. Noun. In former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea.

Generic synonyms: Animal Order

Definition of Schizopoda

1. n. pl. A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.

Medical Definition of Schizopoda

1. A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming. Origin: NL. See Schizo-, and -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schizopoda

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schizophreniacs
schizophrenias
schizophrenic
schizophrenic disorder
schizophrenic language
schizophrenic psychology
schizophrenic psychosis
schizophrenics
schizophreniform disorder
schizophrenogenic
schizophyllum
schizophyte
schizophytes
schizopod
schizopoda (current term)
schizopods
schizopyrenida
schizos
schizosaccharomyces
schizothemia
schizothymia
schizothymic
schizotonia
schizotrichia
schizotypal
schizotypal personality
schizotypal personality disorder
schizotypic

Literary usage of Schizopoda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"The affinity which the schizopoda show to some of the Macrura, ... Four families are at present included in the schizopoda, ..."

2. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"E. schizopoda. The formation of the germ-layers in the schizopoda is best illustrated by the observations of ,T. ..."

3. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District by Grenville Arthur James Cole, R. Lloyd Praeger (1908)
"The schizopoda of the Dublin marine area have been very little studied, and the knowledge of the distribution of the various species' throughout the ..."

4. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"Order I. schizopoda. These are small forms (fig. 396), mostly marine, in which the cephalothorax is covered by a carapace with which some or all of the ..."

5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"Order I. schizopoda. These are small forms, mostly marine, in which the cephalo- thorax is covered by a carapace with which some or all of the Fio. 433. ..."

6. Synopsis of California Stalk-eyed Crustacea by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1900)
"Suborder schizopoda. Carapace rather small and generally not covering all the segments of the thorax. Eyes stalked. Mandibles generally furnished with an ..."

7. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1887)
"schizopoda. Vide. Sars in ' Challenger,' (29) p 739. Spermatogenesis, Gilson (78). ... schizopoda ..."

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