Podaxonia

plural noun

Pod·​axonia

¦päd+

in some especially former classifications

: a group comprising the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, and Gephyrea

podaxonial

¦päˌdak¦sōnēəl

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pod- + axonia

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