Dictionary entry

Propodium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Pro‐po″di‐um (?), n.; pl.Propodia (#). [NL. See Propodiale.] (Zoöl.) (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.]