English edit

Etymology edit

neuro- +‎ -pod

Noun edit

neuropod (plural neuropods)

  1. (zoology) Any neuropodous animal.
    • 1935, John Roxborough Norman, Coast Fishes: South Atlantic:
      The notopods begin on the second or third segment and the neuropods are very variable in their segment of origin, being sometimes altogether absent from the anterior region.