Found 2 items, similar to swimmeret.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: swimmeret
swimmeret
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:
pleopod]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Swimmeret
Swimmeret
\Swim"mer*et\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed,
appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal
somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in
swimming.
[1913 Webster]