pleopod (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *pleopod*:
NOUN	animal	pleopod, swimmeret	one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming

English > *pleopod*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
Synonym	swimmeret
Part of	isopod	Any of various small terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
	lobster	Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families ... / families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
	shrimp	small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers
Broader	extremity, appendage, member	An external body part that projects from the body
Spanish	pleopod

HyperDic: pleopod