pleopod in English
noun
1
a forked swimming limb of a crustacean, five pairs of which are typically attached to the abdomen.
In contrast, arthropods such as the lobster possess distinct maxillipeds, pereopods, pleopods , and uropod.
noun
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1. The exoskeleton structure of female pleopod in Macrobrachium rosenbergii was primarily investigated by histological method.