'Poecilopoda' definitions:

Definition of 'Poecilopoda'

From: GCIDE

Poecilopoda \P[oe]`ci*lop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? variegated, manifold + -poda.] (Zool.) (a) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea). (b) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata. [1913 Webster]