Pleopod (Noun)
Meaning
One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The female crayfish grasped her eggs securely with her pleopods until they hatched.
- Female lobsters have four pairs of pleopods on their abdomen that they use for carrying eggs.
- To swim, male prawns use the modified pleopods on their underside to propel themselves through the water.
- The pleopods on the underside of the isopod were used for balance in the water rather than for swimming.
- A female woodlouse uses pleopods to moisten and aerate her eggs that she carries on her underside.