maxilliped

noun

max·il·li·ped | \ mak-ˈsi-lə-ˌped

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Definition of maxilliped

: any of the crustacean appendages that comprise the first pair or first three pairs situated next behind the maxillae

History and Etymology for maxilliped

maxilla + -i- + -ped, after New Latin maxillipedes and French pieds-machoires

Note: The New Latin and French terms were introduced by the French zoologist Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833) in Encyclopédie méthodique - Histoire naturelle, tome dixième, Entomologie, ou Histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes (Paris, 1825), p. 123.

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“Maxilliped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maxilliped. Accessed 28 Feb. 2021.

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