Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the abdominal limbs of a crustacean; a swimmeret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See
Illust. undercrustacea .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the
abdominal legs of acrustacean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cyrtomaia micronesica is different than its closest relative (Cyrtomaia cornuta from New Caledonia) by shorter basal antennal spines, longer chelipeds, varied male meri and pleopod and a varied carapace.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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On males, the fourth pleopod is long and specialized for mating.
Crustacea 2008
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This is a composite image of the 1st pair of pleopods and the outer branch (exopodite) of the right (animal's left) pair that came apart during the removal operation (each pleopod has an outer and an inner branch).
Archive 2007-12-01 AYDIN 2007
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This is a composite image of the 1st pair of pleopods and the outer branch (exopodite) of the right (animal's left) pair that came apart during the removal operation (each pleopod has an outer and an inner branch).
Penis of an isopod AYDIN 2007
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On males, the fourth pleopod is long and specialized for mating.
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