pleopod
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.animal)
| part meronym | : | lobster, |
| definition | : | any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae (noun.animal) |
| part meronym | : | shrimp, |
| definition | : | small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal) |
| part meronym | : | isopod, |
| definition | : | any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling (noun.animal) |
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