propodite

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propodite (noun; Greek pro, before; pous, foot; -ites, part): (Arthropoda) 1. The next to last segment of a generalized limb. 2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) The tarsus. 3. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) see propodus.