‖ pteropodium Zool.
(pt-, tɛrəʊˈpəʊdɪəm)
[mod.L., f. as prec.: see podium 2 b.]
The foot, or mesopodium, of a pteropod: see Pteropoda. Hence pteroˈpodial a., of or belonging to the pteropodium.
| 1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 673/2 The pteropodial lobes of the foot. 1890 Cent. Dict., Pteropodium. |