What does pleopod mean?
Pleopod means (zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean..
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/ˈpliːəˌpɒd/ · noun
(zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean..
In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.
Use pleopod when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pleopod means (zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean..
Common synonyms include swimmeret.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.
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