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Swimmeret

Swim′mer-et

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Noun.
(Zool.)
One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.

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swimmeret

swimmeret

English

Noun

swimmeret (plural swimmerets)

  1. (zoology) 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.

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