The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pantopoda \Pan*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Panto-, & -poda.]
(Zool.)
Same as Pycnogonida.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pycnogonida \Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick
crowded + ? knee.] (Zool.)
A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and
thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also
Pantopoda.
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Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is
at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at
great depths in the sea, and the largest of them
measure two feet across the extended legs.
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