Words Like SWIMMERET

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SWIMMERET.

4 Alternative Words Similar to swimmeret

1 Pleopod Noun      Synonym Words Like Pleopod
2 Appendage Noun      Synonym Words Like Appendage
3 Extremity Noun      Synonym Words Like Extremity
4 Member Noun      Synonym Words Like Member

3 definitions of swimmeret

1 In Crustacea, a swimming-foot; a pleopod; an abdominal limb or appendage usually adapted for swimming, and thus distinguished from the ambulatory or chelate thoracic limbs, fitted for walking or seizing.
2 In decapods such as lobsters, one of the legs primarily used for swimming but also used for brooding the eggs (except in prawns) and catching food.
3 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
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