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Definition of Pereiopod
1. Noun. Any of the appendages of a decapod that are used for walking (and for gathering food) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pereiopod
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pereiopod
Literary usage of Pereiopod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"The second pereiopod has the following proportions : — i = 7920; 1089 m = 8151 ;
1056 3960; 858 C2 = 3531 ; 825 c3 = 1386 ; 825 c4 = 1320 ; 825 c5 = 2145 ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"pereiopod of the fifth pair of the same. PLATE XIII. Fig. 1. ... Extremity of
pereiopod of the third pair of the same. Fig. 3. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1899)
"The dactylos is very slightly curved, acute, and with a fine tooth distally.
The second pereiopod is similar in all respects to the first. ..."
4. Scientific Investigations by Great Britain Fishery Board for Scotland, Fishery Board for Scotland (1904)
"First pereiopod, zoea, " fourth " stage. ... joints of fifth pereiopod, zoea,
first 33 62 19 15 19 57 ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"Second pereiopod of same, enlarged. PLATE XXX. Fig. 2. Alope Australia, frontal
purl;-, ... Alope Australia, first pereiopod of same, much enlarged. Fig. 5. ..."
6. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"6. The same. Telson, x 40. Fig. 6. The same. Last pereiopod, X 40. Fig. 7. ...
Last pereiopod, X CO. Fig. 2. The same. Extremity of same, X 85. Fig. 4. ..."
7. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"Remove the left second pereiopod with all of its parts and compare with the third
maxilliped. placing both before you in the same position. ..."
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