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The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.

Same as Metapode.

A monopodium.

Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.

A measure of but a single foot.

One of the Myriapoda.

A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaæ, similar to those of true insects. The larvæ,…

See Myriapoda.

A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.

A neuropodous animal. G. Rolleston.

The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.

on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to Ant: hæmapodous. G. Rolleston.

The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

One of the Octocerata.

Same as Octocerata.

Same as Octocerata.

One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.