Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Parapodium"

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

Parapodium \Par`a*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Parapodia}. [NL., fr. Gr.
? beside + ?, dim. of ? foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also
{foot tubercle}.

Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and
sensation, and often contain spines or set[ae]. When
well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a
ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

parapodium
n : one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid
that functions in locomotion and breathing

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