Ple'o·pod noun ; plural English Pleopods , Latin Pleopoda . [ Greek ... to swim + -pod .] (Zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/107
pleopod, pelopods 1. One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. 2. One of the swimming limbs attached to the pleon or abdomen in Crustacea; also known as a swimmeret. A swimmeret is defined as an abdominal limb or appendage in many crustaceans, used in respiration and for carrying the eggs in females and usually adapted for swimming. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3366/