▪ I. endite, n. Zool.
(ˈɛndaɪt)
[f. Gr. ἔνδ-ον within + -ite1.]
An appendage on the inner side of a limb of a crustacean.
| 1881 E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXI. 348 The median portion may be spoken of as the axis or corm, whilst the processes may be called ‘phyllites’ or ‘apophyses’, those ranged along the ventral or neural border of the corm being called ‘endites’, and those given off from the dorsal border being called ‘exites’. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life 532 The Phyllopod type of appendage,..with its branchia and external respiratory plate, and its series of internal lobes or endites. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 695/2 It is by the specialization of two ‘endites’ that the endopodite and exopodite of higher Crustacea are formed. Ibid. 696/1 The conversion of the Arthropod's limb into a jaw..is effected by the development of an endite near its base into a hard..gnathobase. 1965 Parker & Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 6) I. viii. 390 The proximal endite..is small, and bears strong spines. |
▪ II. endite etc.,
obs. f. of indict, indite, etc.