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Crustacean vs Uropod - What's the difference?

crustacean | uropod |

As nouns the difference between crustacean and uropod

is that crustacean is any arthropod of the subphylum crustacea , including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice while uropod is (anatomy) either of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans.

crustacean

English

Noun

(wikipedia crustacean) (en-noun)
  • Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea , including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    External links

    * (Crustacean) * (Crustacea) * English words suffixed with -acean

    uropod

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) either of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans
  • (immunology) the hind part of polarized leukocytes, mostly involved in cell-to-cell interaction, cell activation and apoptosis

    • See also

    *endopodite *exopodite *telson