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maxilliped

[ mak-sil-uh-ped ]

noun

  1. one member of the three pairs of appendages situated immediately behind the maxillae of crustaceans.


maxilliped

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noun

  1. any member of three pairs of appendages in crustaceans, behind the maxillae: specialized for feeding
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Derived Forms

  • ³¾²¹³æËŒ¾±±ô±ô¾±Ëˆ±è±ð»å²¹°ù²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾²¹³æi±ô·±ô¾±Â·±è±ð»åa·°ù²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maxilliped1

First recorded in 1840–50; maxill(a) + -i- + -ped
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maxilliped1

C19: maxilli-, from maxilla + -ped
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Example Sentences

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Jaw′-foot, a foot-jaw, maxilliped; Jaw′-lē′ver, an instrument for opening the mouth of a horse or cow to admit medicine; Jaw′-tooth, one of the double teeth, a grinder or molar.—Break-jaw word, a very long word, or one hard to pronounce; Hold one's jaw, to cease from talking or scolding.

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Assuming a swimmeret of the third, fourth, or fifth somite to be the least changed from the primitive type, what changes were necessary to make the sixth swimmeret; the third maxilliped; the walking legs; the antenn�; the antennules?Remove the part of the carapace which covers a gill chamber.

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Thus when a wave of water escapes from the branchial cavity, it immediately becomes diffused in this network of hairs and then again conveyed back to the branchial cavity by vigorous movements of the appendage of the outer maxilliped which works in the entrant fissure.

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