pleopod

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpliːəˌpɒd/

Definition of pleopod

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
    “In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.”

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Etymology

From pleon (“the abdomen of a crustacean”) + -pod (“foot”).

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