Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PE-CIL'O-PODE
PE-CIL'O-PODE, n. [Gr. ποικιλος, various, and πους, foot.]
A crustaceous animal having various kinds of feet; prehensory, ambulatory, branchial and natatory. [The body is generally invested with a shell. 1841] – Kirby.
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