Home › Words › T › thoracopodthoracopodthoracopod means any appendage attached to the thorax of an animal.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, thoracopod ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom thoraco- + -pod.nounAny appendage attached to the thorax of an animale.g.“We find that thoracopod 1 in taxa of both families is similar, of 7 articles and forms a maxilliped.” — 2015 August 27, “The Evolution of Epigean and Stygobitic Species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in Southern Australia, with the Description of Three New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thoracopodal 81% match — Relating to a thoracopod vs thoracopod →baenopod 69% match — One of the thoracic legs of arthropods. vs thoracopod →epipod 63% match — A small projection arising from the thoracic legs of a crustacean. vs thoracopod →forelimb 61% match — The anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal vs thoracopod →pterothoracic 61% match — Relating to a pterothorax vs thoracopod →thoracic 60% match — Of the thorax. vs thoracopod →thoracomere 60% match — A somite of the thorax of a crustacean. vs thoracopod →opistothorax 60% match — A wormlike segmented extension to the thorax. vs thoracopod →