elasipod
/ɪˈlæsɪpɒd/noun
1- Zoology an aberrant deep-water sea cucumber that lacks a respiratory tree. Most live on the seabed and have leg-like appendages, while some swim by means of webbed papillae.【动】手足海参。
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- Order Elasipodida, class Holothuroidea.游足目, 海参纲。
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Elasipoda, from Greek elasmos 'beaten metal' + pous, pod- 'foot'.