Definitions for maxilliped

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maxilliped max·il·li·ped

Spelling: [mak-sil-uh-ped]

IPA: /mækˈsɪl əˌpɛd/

Maxilliped is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in maxilliped (adeiillmpx).

Definitions for maxilliped

noun

1. one member of the three pairs of appendages situated immediately behind the maxillae of crustaceans.

Origin of maxilliped

First recorded in 1840-50; maxill(a) + -i- + -ped

Examples for maxilliped

Each leg, except those of the last pair, has on its first segment an exopodite with a gill like those of the maxilliped.