Definition of Pleopod. Meaning of Pleopod. Synonyms of Pleopod

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Definition of Pleopod

Pleopod
Pleopod Ple"o*pod, n.; pl. E. Pleopods, L. Pleopoda. [Gr. ? to swim + -pod.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

Meaning of Pleopod from wikipedia

- eyes is called the rostrum. first pleopods second pleopods third pleopods fourth pleopods fifth pleopods uropods Pleopods (also called swimmerets) are primarily...
- second pair of pleopods, and sometimes also the first, are modified for use in transferring sperm. The endopods (inner branches of the pleopods) are modified...
- The white patches on the first two pairs of pleopods on this specimen of Porcellio laevis identify them as pleopodal lungs....
- Beating pleopods of a swimming Antarctic krill...
- allow the body to roll up inwards. To roll up, they have muscles called pleopods that contract the abdominal tergites inwards. The diet of pill bugs is...
- rami which is present in many groups. The abdomen in malacostracans bears pleopods, and ends in a telson, which bears the ****, and is often flanked by uropods...
- rounded abdomen. This is because female crabs brood fertilised eggs on their pleopods. Crabs attract a mate through chemical (pheromones), visual, acoustic,...
- the vestige of the fourth pereiopod in the larvae of Lucifer, and some pleopods in certain Anomura and crabs. In a more extreme example, the Sacculina...
- and long antennae. Unlike crabs and lobsters, shrimp have well developed pleopods (swimmerets) and slender walking legs; they are more adapted for swimming...
- plethysmometry ple- sail, swim Gr**** πλεῖν (pleîn), πλεῦσις (pleûsis), πλόος pleon, pleopod, pleuston ple-, plet- fill Latin plere complement, complete, deplete, implement...