parapodial
English edit
Etymology edit
parapodium + -al
Adjective edit
parapodial (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the parapodium.
- 2012, Mandal, Invertebrate Zoology, →ISBN:
- These setae are attached to intrinsic parapodial muscles which act to protrude setae, or retract them, or spread them.
- 2013, Karl M. Wilbur, C. M. Yonge, Physiology of Mollusca - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 402:
- The most accomplished opisthobranch swimming is by enlarged parapodial lobes of the foot.
- 2014, J. Wolfgang Wägele, Thomas Bartolomaeus, Deep Metazoan Phylogeny, →ISBN:
- The ventral nerve mass, the trunk innervations and parapodial nerves are visible.
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
parapodial m or f (masculine and feminine plural parapodiales)