remipede

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Etymology[edit]

From French rémipède, partly modelled on Latin.[1]

Noun[edit]

remipede (plural remipedes)

  1. (zoology) Any of several small, marine, cave-dwelling crustaceans, of the class Remipedia, characterized by a short head and a long trunk bearing setose swimming appendages

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  1. ^ “remipede, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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