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periopod

periopod is the alternative form of pereiopod.

Meaning of pereiopod

Noun

pereiopod (plural pereiopods)

  1. Any of the thoracic appendages of a decapod that are used for walking (and for gathering food)

Forms of periopod

pluralperiopods

Questions about periopod

What is periopod the alternative form of?
Periopod is the alternative form of pereiopod.

Words near periopod in the dictionary

  1. perioperative
  2. perioperatively
  3. periople
  4. perioples
  5. perioplic
  6. periopod
  7. periopods
  8. perioptic
  9. perioral
  10. periorally
  11. periorbit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: periopod (page history and authors); pereiopod (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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