podite

A segment of an appendage of an arthropod.

A limb or leg of a crustacean, especially when developed as an ambulatory appendage, or leg fitted for walking. See endopodite, exopodite, epipodite; also basipodite, coxopodite, dactylopodite, ischiopodite, meropodite, propodite, and cuts under Podophthalmia.