Protopodite

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

  Protopodite \Pro*top"o*dite\, n. [Proto- + Gr. ?, ?, foot.]
     (Zool.)
     The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less
     consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.
     [1913 Webster]