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pleopoda

pleopoda is the plural 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.

Questions about pleopoda

What is pleopoda the plural of?
Pleopoda is the plural of pleopod.

Words near pleopoda in the dictionary

  1. pleophagous
  2. pleophonic
  3. pleophony
  4. pleophyletic
  5. pleopod
  6. pleopoda
  7. pleopodal
  8. pleopodes
  9. pleopods
  10. pleopus
  11. pleosomite

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