poecilopoda Meaning, Definition & Usage

Poe`ci*lop"o*da noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. variegated, manifold + -poda.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea). (b) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.

Webster 1913