An organism, especially a crustacean or arthropod, that has unusual or irregularly arranged legs or limbs.
From Greek anomalos 'uneven' plus -pod from pous, 'foot.' This zoological term specifically designates animals with feet that deviate from the typical pattern found in their taxonomic group.
When scientists discovered shrimp-like creatures with oddly-placed legs that didn't match any known species, they needed a new word—anomalipod—to describe this weird mixture of familiar and unfamiliar features!
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