(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:17:08

Pro*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Propodia (#). [NL. See Propodiale.] Zool. (a)

The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.

(b)

The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.

[Written also propodeum.]

 

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