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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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, pleopod]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pleopod
    n 1: 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, pleopod]