oostegopod

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oostegopod (noun; Greek oion, egg; stege, roof; pous, foot): (Arthropoda: Crustacea) 1. Thoracic limb bearing an oostegite. 2. An appendage of the genital somite that forms a brood pouch in some Branchiopoda.