The Collaborative International Dictionary
Poecilopoda
Poecilopoda \P[oe]`ci*lop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? variegated, manifold + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs ( Limuloidea).
By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.