Uropod

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

  Uropod \U"ro*pod\, n. [2d uro- + -pod.] (Zool.)
     Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean,
     especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger
     than the rest, and different in structure, and are used
     chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of {Crustacea}, and
     {Stomapoda}.


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