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. |
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Synonym | pleopod |
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Part of | isopod | Any of various small terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling |
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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 |
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Spanish | pleopod |
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