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Pleopoda vs Pleopod - What's the difference?

pleopoda | pleopod |

As nouns the difference between pleopoda and pleopod

is that pleopoda is while pleopod is (zoology) one of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.

pleopoda

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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.