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pleopod |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pleopod \Ple"o*pod\, n.; pl E. {Pleopods}, L. {Pleopoda}. [Gr. ? to swim + -pod.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under {Crustacea}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pleopod n : one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming [syn: {swimmeret}]
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