Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maxilliped"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Maxilliped \Max*il"li*ped\, n. [Maxilla + L. pes, pedis, foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next
behind the maxill[ae]. Crabs have three pairs, but many of
the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also
{jawfoot}, and {foot jaw}.


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