Podophthalmia

plural noun

Pod·​oph·​thal·​mia

-mēə

1

in some classifications : a group comprising the stalk-eyed crustaceans

2

in former classifications : a division of Malacostraca comprising forms with the eyes supported on movable stalks and coextensive with the Phyllocarida, Euphausiacea, Mysidacea, Decapoda, and Stomatopoda

podophthalmian

¦⸗ˌ⸗¦⸗mēən

adjective or noun

podophthalmic

-mik

adjective

podophthalmous

-məs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pod- + -ophthalmia

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