Pleopod

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Overview of noun pleopod

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• swimmeret, pleopod -- (one of the Paired1.) Pair, pair off, partner off, couple -- (form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off")
  
  2.) Match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project")
  
  paired abdominal Appendages1.) Extremity, appendage, member -- (an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm")
  
  2.) Process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")
  
  appendages of Certain1.) Certain -- (definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones")
  
  2.) Certain, sure -- (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends")
  
  certain aquatic Crustaceans1.) Crustacean -- (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
  
  crustaceans that Function1.) Function, mathematical function -- (a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set)
  
  2.) Function, purpose, role, use -- (what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?")
  
  function primarily for Carrying1.) Transport, carry -- (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river")
  
  2.) Carry, pack, take -- (have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains")
  
  carrying the Eggs1.) Egg, eggs -- (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)
  
  1.) Egg -- (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)
  
  eggs in Females1.) Female -- (an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa))
  
  2.) Female, female person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
  
  females and are Usually1.) Normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily -- (under normal conditions; "usually she was late")
  
  usually adapted for swimming)

Related Terms - "Pleopod"

Meaning 1 of Pleopodswimmeret, pleopod extremity, appendage, member

• Chelicera1.) Chelicera -- (either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing)
  
  Chelicera - Either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing

• Mouthpart1.) Mouthpart -- (any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding)
  
  Mouthpart - Any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding

• Claw1.) Claw -- (sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles)
  
  2.) Hook, claw -- (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something)
  
  Claw, Chela1.) Chela -- (a Hindu disciple of a swami)
  
  2.) Claw, chela, nipper, pincer -- (a grasping structure on the Limb1.) Limb -- (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)
  
  2.) Limb, tree branch -- (any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree)
  
  Limb - One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper of a crustacean or other arthropods)
  
  Chela, Nipper1.) Child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters")
  
  2.) Claw, chela, nipper, pincer -- (a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods)
  
  Nipper, Pincer1.) Pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers -- (a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping)
  
  2.) Claw, chela, nipper, pincer -- (a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods)
  
  Pincer - Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles

• Parapodium1.) Parapodium -- (one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing)
  
  Parapodium - One of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing

• Fin1.) Five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one)
  
  2.) Tail fin, tailfin, fin -- (one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile)
  
  Fin - The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

• Swimmeret1.) Swimmeret, pleopod -- (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)
  
  Swimmeret, Pleopod1.) Swimmeret, pleopod -- (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)
  
  Pleopod - 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

• limb - no definition found

• Digit1.) Digit, figure -- (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits")
  
  2.) Finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit -- (the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure)
  
  Digit, Dactyl1.) Dactyl -- (a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables)
  
  2.) Digit, dactyl -- (a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates)
  
  Dactyl - One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"