gnathopodite
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editgnathopodite (plural gnathopodites)
- (zoology) Any leg-like appendage of a crustacean that is modified to serve as a jaw.
Hyponyms
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gnathopodite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)