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pleiopod

pleiopod is the rare spelling of pleopod.

Meaning of pleopod

Noun

pleopod (plural pleopods or pleopoda)

  1. One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
    • In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.

Forms of pleiopod

pluralpleiopods

Questions about pleiopod

What is pleiopod the rare spelling of?
Pleiopod is the rare spelling of pleopod.

Words near pleiopod in the dictionary

  1. Pleione
  2. pleions
  3. pleiophyletic
  4. pleiophylly
  5. pleiophyly
  6. pleiopod
  7. pleiopods
  8. pleiopus
  9. pleiotaxy
  10. pleiotrope
  11. pleiotropes

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