swimmeret

swimmeret
/swim"euh ret'/, n.
(in many crustaceans) one of a number of abdominal limbs or appendages, usually adapted for swimming and for carrying eggs, as distinguished from other limbs adapted for walking or seizing.
[1830-40; SWIMMER + -ET]

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  • swimmeret — noun Date: 1840 one of a series of small unspecialized appendages under the abdomen of many crustaceans that are best developed in some decapods (as a lobster) and usually function in locomotion or reproduction …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • swimmeret — noun In decapods such as lobsters, swimmerets, technically called pleopods, are legs primarily used for swimming but also used for brooding the eggs (except in prawns) and catching food …   Wiktionary

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  • swimmeret — swim·mer·et || swɪmÉ™ ret / swɪmÉ™ret n. any of the pair of small abdominal limbs or appendages in several crustaceans …   English contemporary dictionary

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