a. and sb. Zool. [f. mod.L. Stomapoda neut. pl. (Latreille, 1817), irreg. f. Gr. στόμα mouth + ποδ-, πούς foot.] = STOMATOPOD.
1833. Griffith, trans. Cuvier, XIII. 240. The Squillæ have received the denomination of Stomapods.
a. 1843. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VII. 275/2. The two most highly developed Orders [of Crustaceans], viz. the Decapod and Stomapod.
1857. Agassiz, Contrib. Nat. Hist. U.S., I. 110. In the classification of Dana, his first type embraces Decapods and Stomapods.
So Stomapodiform a., having the form of, or resembling, a stomapod: applied to certain insect larvæ. Stomapodous a. = stomapod; also applied to the mouth in certain arachnids, etc., when resembling or analogous to that of a stomapod crustacean.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxx. 165. [Primary Forms of Larvæ.] Stomapodiform…. Ex. Mantis. Ibid., IV. xlvi. 309. Mouth…. Stomapodous…. When the Legs and Sternum act the part of Maxillæ, Labium, and Palpi. Ex. Araneidæ, Scolopendra, &c.
