Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PARAPODIUM
parapodium
(noun) one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
parapodium (plural parapodia)
(zoology) Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids.
(zoology) A lateral expansion on both sides of the foot in some gastropods, often used as a swimming organ.
Source: Wiktionary
Par`a*po"di*um, n.; pl. Parapodia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and sensation, and often contain spines or setæ. When well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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