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schizopod

(-päd′)

noun

any of various shrimplike malacostracan crustaceans having thoracic appendages with two branches, including the mysids and krill

Origin: < ModL Schizopoda < Gr schizopous, having parted toes: see schizo- & -pod

adjective

of the schizopods

also schizopodous

See schizopod in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the orders Euphausiacea and Mysidacea (formerly included in the single order Schizopoda), consisting of the krill and the mysids.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Schizopoda, former order name

Origin: : schizo-

Origin: + New Latin -poda, -pod

Related Forms:

schiz·opˈo·dous (skĭ-zŏpˈə-dəs, skĭt-sŏpˈ-) adjective

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