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In decapods such as lobsters, swimmerets, technically called pleopods, are legs primarily used for swimming but also used for brooding the eggs (except in prawns) and catching food.
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Swimmeret — Swim mer*et, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swimmeret — 1840, from agent noun from SWIM (Cf. swim) (v.) + dim. suffix. Related: Swimmerets … Etymology dictionary
swimmeret — [swim′ər et΄] n. any of the small, abdominal appendages, or pleopods, in certain crustaceans, used primarily in swimming and for carrying eggs … English World dictionary
Swimmeret (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Swimmeret Type = Studio album Artist = Espadrille Released = 2001 Recorded = 2000 Genre = Alternative Label = Spare Me Records Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg sql=10:kbfexq80ldse… … Wikipedia
swimmeret — noun Date: 1840 one of a series of small unspecialized appendages under the abdomen of many crustaceans that are best developed in some decapods (as a lobster) and usually function in locomotion or reproduction … New Collegiate Dictionary
swimmeret — n. [A.S. swimman, to swim] (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) An abdominal appendage functioning as a swimming organ; pleopod … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
swimmeret — /swim euh ret /, n. (in many crustaceans) one of a number of abdominal limbs or appendages, usually adapted for swimming and for carrying eggs, as distinguished from other limbs adapted for walking or seizing. [1830 40; SWIMMER + ET] * * * … Universalium
swimmeret — See: pleopod [Martin, 2005]. See: pleopod [Butler, T.H.]. See^ pleopod [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): Pleopod [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
swimmeret — swim·mer·et || swɪmÉ™ ret / swɪmÉ™ret n. any of the pair of small abdominal limbs or appendages in several crustaceans … English contemporary dictionary
swimmeret — [ swɪmərɛt] noun Zoology a forked swimming limb attached to a crustacean s abdomen … English new terms dictionary
