parapodial

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English

Etymology

From parapodium +‎ -al.

Adjective

parapodial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the parapodium.
    • 2012, Mandal, Invertebrate Zoology, →ISBN:
      These setae are attached to intrinsic parapodial muscles which act to protrude setae, or retract them, or spread them.
    • 2013, Karl M. Wilbur, C. M. Yonge, Physiology of Mollusca - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 402:
      The most accomplished opisthobranch swimming is by enlarged parapodial lobes of the foot.
    • 2014, J. Wolfgang Wägele, Thomas Bartolomaeus, Deep Metazoan Phylogeny, →ISBN:
      The ventral nerve mass, the trunk innervations and parapodial nerves are visible.

Spanish

Adjective

parapodial m or f (masculine and feminine plural parapodiales)

  1. parapodial