promerites

promerites
n. pl. [Gr. pro, before; meros, part]
(ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda)
In male Julida, the eighth pair of body limbs used in conjunction with the ninth pair of trunk legs (mesomerite) to draw out the female vulva.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • mesomerites — n. pl. [Gr. mesos, middle; meros, part; ites, having nature of] (ARTHROPODA: Diplopoda) Modified 9 pair of limbs; together with 8 pair (promerites) of limbs functioning as pincers to pull out female vulvae …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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