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Webster 1913 Edition

Maxilliped

Max-il′li-ped

,

Noun.

[

Maxilla

+ L.

pes

,

pedis

, foot.]

(Zool.)

One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also

jawfoot

, and

foot jaw

.