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Apodeme

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Ap´o`deme
n.1.(Zool.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
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Noun1.Apodeme - ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for musclesapodeme - ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles
arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
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The fossula of the cyrtometopinines slopes deeply down rearwards into the axial furrow joining the S3 apodeme.
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