1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stomapoda \Sto*map"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Stoma}, and {-poda}.] (Zool.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also {Gastrula}, {Stomatopoda}, and {Squilloidea}. [1913 Webster]
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