Pl. -a. [mod. L., ad. Gr. ἐπιπόδιον, neut. of ἐπιπόδιος, f. ἐπί upon + ποῦς, ποδ-ός foot.]
1. Zool. A muscular lobe developed from the lateral and upper surfaces of the foot of some mollusks.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., viii. 503. Near its extremity are two lateral fleshy lobes which perhaps correspond with the epipodia of other Mollusks.
2. Bot. A form of disc consisting of glands upon the stipe of an ovary. Also the stalk of the disc itself.
1866. in Treas. Bot.
