Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The swimmerets or appendages of the abdomen of some crustaceans. They may be natatory or branchial in function, or used for retaining the eggs until hatched. In some cases they are rudimentary or lacking entirely or in part.
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- noun Plural form of
pleopod .
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The comprehension of the feet of the hind-body and tail in a single group (as "fausses pattes abdominales," or as "pleopoda") seems not to be justifiable.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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To this primitive body belong the two pairs of antennae, the mandibles and the caudal feet ( "posterior pair of pleopoda," Sp. B.).
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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