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parapodium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parapodium  \Par`a*po"di*um\,  n.;  pl  {Parapodia}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr 
  ?  beside  +  ?,  dim.  of  ?  foot.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  One  of  the  lateral  appendages  of  an  annelid;  --  called  also 
  {foot  tubercle}. 
 
  Note:  They  may  serve  for  locomotion,  respiration,  and 
  sensation,  and  often  contain  spines  or  set[ae].  When 
  well  developed,  a  dorsal  part  or  notopodium,  and  a 
  ventral  part  or  neuropodium,  are  distinguished. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parapodium 
  n  :  one  of  a  pair  of  fleshy  appendages  of  a  polychete  annelid 
  that  functions  in  locomotion  and  breathing 




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