Pleopod

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleopod \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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pleopod
       n : 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 [syn: {swimmeret}]