acanthopodous
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acanthopodous (comparative more acanthopodous, superlative most acanthopodous)
- Spiny-footed.
- Having spiny peduncles.[First attested in the late 20th century.]
- 1986, Frederick R. Schram, Crustaceans, Oxford University Press:
- ...while acanthropodous setae are a carnivorous adaptation.