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One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle. Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and sensation, and often contain spines or setæ. When well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a ventral part,

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One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle. Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and sensation, and often contain spines or setæ. When well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.

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    A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
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    In an ethnical manner.

 

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