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pediform

/ped-uh-fawrm/US // ˈpɛd əˌfɔrm //UK // (ˈpɛdɪˌfɔːm) //

齿形,迂回式,齿状,梗概

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : in the form of a foot; footlike.

Examples

  • The variable first maxillae are seldom pediform, their function being concerned chiefly with nutrition, sensation and respiration.

  • Palpi four: anterior pair pediform, cheliform, or unguiculate; posterior pediform.

  • The fourth post-oral limb is a lobed plate, usually not distinctly segmented, and the fifth a uniramous pediform leg.

  • These, with the main stem more or less pediform, have the epipod and exopod modified for respiratory purposes.

  • They are frequently organs of attachment in parasitic Copepoda, and they may be completely pediform in the Ostracoda.