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Parapodium Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix para-

Parapodium has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing

2

Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids.

See Also
locomotion foot notopodium parapodia lateral neuropodium annelids parapodial
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
extremity
Rhyming Words
ium sium ilium opium apium arium mnium onium odium aecium corium helium cilium lycium aprium radium lilium nerium galium indium
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