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PARAPODIUM (parapodia)
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Irregular inflected form: parapodia
Dictionary entry overview: What does parapodium mean?
• PARAPODIUM (noun)
The noun PARAPODIUM has 1 sense:
1. one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
Familiarity information: PARAPODIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("parapodium" is a kind of...):
appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)
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