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Webster 1913 Edition
Laemodipoda
‖
Læˊmo-dip′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
λαίμοσ
throat + δίσ
twice + πούς
, ποδός
, foot.] (Zool.)
A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or
Cyamus
, and Caprella
are examples.