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APODEME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apodeme mean? 

APODEME (noun)
  The noun APODEME has 1 sense:

1. ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for musclesplay

  Familiarity information: APODEME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APODEME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("apodeme" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("apodeme" is a part of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)


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