English Dictionary: Uropod | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uropod \U"ro*pod\, n. [2d uro- + -pod.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of {Crustacea}, and {Stomapoda}. |