podite (pod it)

[ foot.] The African genus of Heliornithida, πούς (ποδ-), foot, + -ite.] IMG:content-0505.jpg:[blocks in formation] these plates as the rudiments of the eleventh abdominal segment. IMG:content-0506.jpg:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small] A limb or leg of a crustacean, especially when developed as an ambulatory appendage, or leg fitted for walking. See endopodite, exopodite, epipodite; also bas i podite, coxopodite, dactylopodite, ischiopodite, meropodite, pro podite, and cuts under Pod ophthalmia. IMG:content-0507.jpg:[graphic] a, enlarged; b, natural size. IMG:content-0508.jpg:[blocks in formation]