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strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an epode.

A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.

A group which includes the typical Isopoda.

The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

Same as Gastropod.

Same as Gastropoda.

Same as Gastropodous.

One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]

The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]

Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.

A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

An hæmapodous animal. G. Rolleston.

on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.

Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

One of the Heteropoda. -- a.

An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.

Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.

An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.