Propodia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Propodium \Pro*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Propodia}. [NL. See
     {Propodiale}.] (Zool.)
     (a) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
     (b) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax
         of a hymenopterous insect. [Written also {propodeum}.]
         [1913 Webster]