Definition of Pereiopods

1. pereiopod [n] - See also: pereiopod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pereiopods

peregrinations
peregrinator
peregrinators
peregrine
peregrine-falcon
peregrine falcon
peregrine falcons
peregrines
peregrinities
peregrinity
peregrins
pereia
pereion
pereions
pereiopod
pereiopods (current term)
pereira
pereiras
perelles
perempt
perempted
perempting
peremption
peremptions
peremptorily
peremptoriness
peremptory
perempts
perencephaly
perendinate

Literary usage of Pereiopods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Invertebrate Zoology: For Laboratories and Seaside Work by William Keith Brooks (1882)
"Third pereiopods. The oviducts open upon the sternal portion of this somite. ... Fifth pereiopods, swimming organs, with male reproductive orifices on their ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1904)
"First pereiopods with the first joint broad, the postero-distal angle ... Second pereiopods similar to the first, the first joint convex on both margins. ..."

3. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"Examine the other pereiopods, comparing them with the second one and ... The first pair of pereiopods is greatly enlarged, with a powerful pincer, or chela. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"In the male the third or the third and fourth pereiopods have hooks. 2. ... In the male generally the third pereiopods only have hooks, very rarely (in C. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"Last pereiopods with the basos small, elongated, pear-shaped, equally produced ... last pereiopods, which are the most characteristic organs in Œ. ..."

6. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"The first pereiopods are sub-chelate, they are capable of reaching as far forwards ... The next two pairs of pereiopods are robust, very sparingly setose, ..."

7. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"First pair pereiopods: large chela of largest specimen has a length of 18 mm., ... Second pair of pereiopods very long. Distal end of meros reaches beyond ..."

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