pleopod

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

pleopods plural pleopoda plural pleiopod alternative pleiopus alternative pleopus alternative

词源

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