neuropod Zool.
(ˈnjʊərəpɒd)
[f. neuro- + -pod.]
An annulose or invertebrate animal, in which the limbs or motor organs are on the neural aspect of the body.
| 1856 Goodsir in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. (1857) V. 121, I employ, as morphological designations, the term Neuropod..for an Annulose, and Hæmapod..for a Vertebrate animal. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 168 Vertebrata may be spoken of as ‘Hæmapods’, in contradistinction to Invertebrata which are ‘Neuropods’. |