lateropedal en · ADJ
Etymology
From latero- + pedal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the side of a foot (or similar appendage)
The position of the Schwabe organ is ventral to the lateral nerve cord, and slightly lateral and posterior to the origin of the first lateropedal connective [3; Fig 1F ], corresponding precisely to the location of the larval eye [13; Fig 1E ].
2015 September 15, “Is the Schwabe Organ a Retained Larval Eye? Anatomical and Behavioural Studies of a Novel Sense Organ in Adult Leptochiton asellus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) Indicate Links to Larval Photoreceptors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: