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Webster 1913 Edition


Propodium

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Pro-po′di-um

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Propodia
(#)
.
[NL. See
Propodiale
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
(b)
The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.
[Written also
propodeum
.]