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pleopod Zool.|ˈpliːəpɒd| [f. as pleon1 + Gr. πούς, ποδ- foot.] One of the swimming limbs attached to the pleon or abdomen in Crustacea: see pleon1. Also pleopodite |pliːˈɒpədaɪt|. Cf. pereiopod, -podite, s.v. pereion.
1855C. Spence Bate in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1856) 38 Pleopoda or swimming feet are attached to..the pleon. 1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 635/2 The next six somites bear each a pair of swimming-feet (or pleopodites). 1893Stebbing Crustacea iv. 45 The first five of these segments frequently have appendages that are really natatory and may properly be called pleopods, swimming-feet. |