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SCIRTOPOD

\sˈɜːtəpˌɒd], \sˈɜːtəpˌɒd], \s_ˈɜː_t_ə_p_ˌɒ_d]\

Definitions of SCIRTOPOD

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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sir't[=o]-pod, adj. having limbs fitted for leaping.--n.pl. SCIRTOP'ODA, an order of saltatorial rotifers. [Gr. skirtan, leap, pous, foot.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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