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Pereiopod vs Pleopod - What's the difference?

pereiopod | pleopod |

As nouns the difference between pereiopod and pleopod

is that pereiopod is any of the appendages of a decapod that are used for walking (and for gathering food while pleopod is one of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.

pereiopod

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the appendages of a decapod that are used for walking (and for gathering food)

    • pleopod

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pleiopod, pleiopus, pleopus

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
    • In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.