Pleopod

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:04:06

Ple"o*pod (?), n.; pl. E. Pleopods (#), L. Pleopoda (#). [Gr. to swim + -pod.] Zool.

One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

 

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