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English
Etymology
From acantho + -podous.[1] Compare acanthopod and acanthopodious.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æˌkænˈθɑ.pə.dəs/, /æˌkənˈθɑ.pə.dəs/
Adjective
acanthopodous (comparative more acanthopodous, superlative most acanthopodous)
- Spiny-footed.
- Having spiny peduncles.
1986, Frederick R. Schram, Crustaceans, Oxford University Press:...while acanthropodous setae are a carnivorous adaptation.
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)