schizopod

schizopod
/skiz"euh pod', skit"seuh-/, n.
1. any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
adj.
2. Also, schizopodous /ski zop"euh deuhs, skit sop"-/. belonging or pertaining to the Schizopoda.
[1835-45; < NL Schizopoda; see SCHIZO-, -POD]

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