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PLEOPOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
pleopod; swimmeret
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pleopod" is a kind of...):
appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)
Holonyms ("pleopod" is a part of...):
lobster (any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae)
shrimp (small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible)
isopod (any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling)
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