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pleopus

pleopus is the alternative 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 pleopus

pluralpleopodes

Questions about pleopus

What is pleopus the alternative spelling of?
Pleopus is the alternative spelling of pleopod.

Words near pleopus in the dictionary

  1. pleopod
  2. pleopoda
  3. pleopodal
  4. pleopodes
  5. pleopods
  6. pleopus
  7. pleosomite
  8. pleosomites
  9. pleosporaceous
  10. pleosporalean
  11. pleosporaleans

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