Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Crustacea, the outer one of two main branches into which the typical limb or appendage of any somite is divided or divisible: opposed to endopodite. Compare
epipodite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The external part of the
uropod .
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This is a composite image of the 1st pair of pleopods and the outer branch (exopodite) of the right (animal's left) pair that came apart during the removal operation (each pleopod has an outer and an inner branch).
Archive 2007-12-01 AYDIN 2007
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This is a composite image of the 1st pair of pleopods and the outer branch (exopodite) of the right (animal's left) pair that came apart during the removal operation (each pleopod has an outer and an inner branch).
Penis of an isopod AYDIN 2007
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