Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Apodeme \Ap"o*deme\, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. ? body.] (Zool.)
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and
unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
apodeme
n 1: ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that
supports internal organs and provides attachment points for
muscles