podite Zool.
(ˈpɒdaɪt)
[f. Gr. πούς, ποδ- foot + -ite1.]
A leg or ambulatory limb of an arthropod, esp. of a crustacean. Usually in compounds denoting a part or appendage of such a limb: see quot. 1875, and the words themselves.
| 1875 Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1883) 151 The joints have the following names; the proximal, short and thick, coxopodite; the next, small and conical, basipodite; next, cylindrical and marked by an annular constriction, ischiopodite; the next, longer, meropodite; then successively, the carpopodite, propodite, and dactylopodite. 1878 H. Woodward in Encycl. Brit. VI. 635/2 These podites are usually seven-jointed, and each bears a gill on its basal-joint. |
Hence poditic (pəʊˈdɪtɪk) a., belonging to a podite.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1895 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |