Definition of Protopod

1. a part of a crustacean appendage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protopod

protoplanetary nebula
protoplanetary nebulae
protoplanetary nebulas
protoplanets
protoplasm
protoplasmal
protoplasmatic
protoplasmic
protoplasmic astrocyte
protoplasms
protoplast
protoplastic
protoplastid
protoplastids
protoplasts
protopod (current term)
protopodite
protopods
protopope
protopopes
protoporcelain
protoporphyrin
protoporphyrinogen
protoporphyrinogen oxidase
protoporphyrinogens
protoporphyrins
protopunk
protore
protoreceptor

Literary usage of Protopod

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

1. A Laboratory Manual of Zoölogy by Margaretta Burnet (1908)
"How many joints in the protopod? How do exopod and endopod differ ? ... Has each an exopod, endopod, and protopod ? Compare with these the 6th pair. ..."

2. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"Endopod is thus gradually being reduced, consisting now of but two segments, and the two segments of the protopod are being gradually broadened and shifted ..."

3. Zoology: Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"Observe that both these branches are attached to one segment (protopod), next to the body. Seize this basal segment, and remove the whole maxilliped. ..."

4. First Course in Biology by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Walter Moore Coleman (1908)
"... has a main stalk (protopod), an outer branch (exopod), and an inner branch (endopod) (Fig. 84). Are the stalk and the branches each in one piece or ..."

5. The Principles of Biology by John Irvin Hamaker (1913)
"Study with a lens a pleopod of segment 16 or 17; there is a basal protopod, a lateral exopod and a medial endopod. (d) Study the region of the mouth in a ..."

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