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swimmeret
[ swim-uh-ret ]
noun
- (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.
swimmeret
/ ˈɪəˌɛ /
noun
- any of the small paired appendages on the abdomen of crustaceans, used chiefly in locomotion and reproduction Also calledpleopod
swimmeret
/ ĭ′ə-ĕ′ /
- One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans, such as shrimp, lobsters, and isopods. Swimmerets are normally found on the first five abdominal segments and typically terminate in paired oarlike branches. They function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
- Also called pleopod
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swimmeret1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swimmeret1
Example Sentences
Mathematics will allow us to step back from the specifics of the swimmeret system and describe how limb coordination is being achieved.”
For some ten months the female lobster carries the eggs in this way, aerating them all the time with the movement of the swimmerets.
They can swim along by using the little "swimmerets" under their bodies.
The crayfish, a lobster-like crustacean that uses four abdominal appendages known as swimmerets to propel itself through streams and lakes, may provide some of the answers.
We know for each swimmeret which neurons export information about the swimmerets’ movement to other parts of the nervous system, and we know the neurons they talk to,” Mulloney said.
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