Heteropoda

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Translingual

Heteropoda cervina

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, different) + πούς (poús, foot).

Proper noun

Heteropoda

  1. A group of Crustacea, some having fourteen feet.
  2. A subclass of gastropods using the foot as a swimming organ.
  3. A group of echinoderms.
  4. (Heteropoda f) A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – many of the huntsman spiders.

Hyponyms

Further reading

genus of Sparassidae