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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

apodeme en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.
    • The muscles are attached either directly to internal protrusions of its external skeleton, called apodemes, or indirectly, by filaments attached to the connection points. 2007 November 20, C. Claiborne Ray, “Ant Power”, in New York Times:

Forms

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apodemes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

apodemal · apodemic

Translations (2)

pt apódema (an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles) · ar أَبُودِيم (an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles)