pleopod

n. 腹足

发音

/ˈpliːəˌpɒd/

词形变化

pleopoda pleopods 复数 pleopods pleopoda 复数

别名

pleiopod pleiopus pleopus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.

    生物 动物学

    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.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

swimmeret

上位词 3

member appendage extremity

整体词 3

shrimp lobster isopod

词源

From pleon (“the abdomen of a crustacean”) + -pod (“foot”).

来源：wiktionary