Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various shrimplike crustaceans such as the krill and the mysids, formerly classified in the order Schizopoda.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the feet cleft and apparently double, as an opossum-shrimp; specifically, of or pertaining to the Schizopoda.
  • noun A member of the Schizopoda, as an opossum-shrimp.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
  • noun (Zoöl.) one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any of the Schizopoda.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Schizopoda, former order name : schizo– + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word schizopod.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.