Definition of Pereopods

1. pereopod [n] - See also: pereopod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pereopods

perennialize
perennialized
perennializes
perennializing
perennially
perennials
perennibranchiata
perennibranchiate
perennities
perennity
perentie
perenties
pereon
pereons
pereopod
pereopods (current term)
pererration
pererrations
peres
perestroika
perestroikas
peretaite
perf
perfay
perfect(a)
perfect crime
perfect crimes
perfect fifth
perfect fifths

Literary usage of Pereopods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"First pair, or first two pairs of pereopods chelate; third pair never chelate. ... Last pair of pereopods not greatly reduced Thalassinidea. ..."

2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1882)
"The carpus in the first pair of pereopods reaches very nearly to a line with the front of ... The second pereopods do not quite reach a line with the front, ..."

3. The Amphibians of Western North America by Joseph Richard Slevin (1900)
"First pair, or first two pairs of pereopods chelate; third pair never chelate. ... Last pair of pereopods not greatly reduced Thalassinidea. ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"All of the pereopods, except the last pair, are furnished with ... Second pereopods longer than the first but shorter than the third; carpus not annulated, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"Meanwhile the male did not perceptibly move his pereopods. He next straightened himself into the dorsal position and swam off with the female, but modified ..."

6. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1901)
"... etc., are constructed from a secretion which is poured out from glands in the first two pereopods. This secretion hardens as it comes out, ..."

7. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia: With a Systematic List by Edward Drinker Cope (1875)
"Coxae of the third of pereopods broader than long. Posterior edges of the bases of third to the fifth pair evenly curved, with only very slight emargina- ..."

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