"uropod" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjʊəɹəˌpɒd/ Forms: uropods [plural]
Etymology: From uro- (“tail”) + -pod (“foot”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|uro-|-pod|t1=tail|t2=foot}} uro- (“tail”) + -pod (“foot”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} uropod (plural uropods)
  1. (anatomy) either of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans. Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-uropod-en-noun-Mr88qwQb Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 51 49 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (immunology) the hind part of polarized leukocytes, mostly involved in cell-to-cell interaction, cell activation and apoptosis. Categories (topical): Immunology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-uropod-en-noun-FW9EGtdS Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with uro-, English terms suffixed with -pod, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uro-: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pod: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: endopodite, exopodite, telson

Inflected forms

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