Pleopods

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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]