Definition of "maxilliped" [max•il•li•ped]

• One of the three pairs of crustacean head appendages located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. (noun)

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• "The first thoracic leg is modified into a feeding appendage ( "mouth part"), the maxilliped, while the other seven pairs of thoracic legs are used for movement."
• "Thus when a wave of water escapes from the branchial cavity, it immediately becomes diffused in this network of hairs and then again conveyed back to the branchial cavity by vigorous movements of the appendage of the outer maxilliped which works in the entrant fissure."
• "High-speed video footage of maxilliped movement is available here:"