Found 2 items, similar to pleopod.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pleopod pleopod n : 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster]