remipede
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French rémipède, partly modelled on Latin.[1]
Noun
remipede (plural remipedes)
- (zoology) Any of several small, marine, cave-dwelling crustaceans, of the class Remipedia, characterized by a short head and a long trunk bearing setose swimming appendages
Translations
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References
- ^ “remipede, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
