polypod

Definitions


[ˈpɒlɪpɒd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having many feet or similar appendages, especially denoting a phase of insect larval development characterized by a segmented abdomen with rudimentary or functional appendages
(e.g: the general prevalence of this polypod condition)


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Origin:
early 18th century: from modern Latin polypodes ‘many-footed creatures’, from Greek polupous, polupod-, from polu- ‘many’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’




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