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Definition of Pleopod
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Lobster, Shrimp, Isopod
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Extremity, Member
Definition of Pleopod
1. n. One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.
Definition of Pleopod
1. Noun. (zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleopod
1. an appendage of crustaceans [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pleopod
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Origin: Gr. To swim + -pod.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleopod
Literary usage of Pleopod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph on the Isopods of North America by Harriet Richardson (1905)
"Second pleopod of male, j-, Third pleopod of female 68 729. ... First pleopod of
female, r, Last segment of abdomen and ..."
2. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"3d pleopod of male; E, 1st pleopod of female; f.. 1st pleopod of male: .V, 3d
pleopod of the female; N, 2d pleopod of the male. 1, Anterior surface; 2, ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"That more eggs stick to the hairs than to the body of the pleopod maybe largely
a matter of relative area. Some eggs that were loose in the abdominal ..."
4. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1882)
"Hippolyte polaris Ross: anterior pleopod of the left side of a male, 39-4™» long,
... Inner lamella of the loft pleopod of the second pair of the same ..."
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