Anim. Phys. [f. Gr. βάσι-ς base + ποδ- (πούς) foot + -ITE.] The second segment of the leg of an Arthropod.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 94. The second joint is known as the basipodite.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 309. The proximal one … is the coxopodite, the next, small and conical, is the basipodite.
