aris·to·pe·dia
variants:
or less commonly aristapedia \
əˌristəˈpēdēə
\
plural -s
Definition of aristopedia
of insects
: the replacement of an antennal arista by a more or less perfect leg, a not uncommon developmental aberration in drosophilas
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