The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protopodite
Protopodite \Pro*top"o*dite\, n. [Proto- + Gr. ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.
Wiktionary
protopodite
n. (context zoology English) The basal segment of the limb of a crustacean