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    Parapodium , n.; pl. Parapodia . [NL., fr. Gr. παρά beside + , dim. of foot.] (Zool.) One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
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    ☞ 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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