Pœ-cĭl'o-pōd, n.

n. [Gr. ποικίλος, variegated, various, manifold, and ποῦς, ποδός, foot; Fr. poecilopode, poecilope.] (Zoöl.) A crustaceous animal having various kinds of feet; namely, prehensory, ambulatory, branchial, and natatory. Kirby.