Propodium

propodium

1. (Science: marine biology) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.

2. (Science: zoology) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.

Alternative forms: propodeum.

Origin: NL. See Propodiale.

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