单词 | pereiopod |
释义 | pereiopodn. Zoology. A leg or other locomotory appendage arising from the pereion of a crustacean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > thorax > leg attached to pereiopod1856 pereiopodite1877 podite1878 trunk-leg1902 1856 C. Spence Bate in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1855 35 The pereiopoda, or walking feet.—This includes the five posterior thoracic feet of authors. 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea iv. 45 The possession of chelæ is not confined to the first pair of so-called peræopods. 1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth iii. 87 Those pereiopods which are used as walking legs..have a definite but slight growth-gradient. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 467 In these displays, serving a threat function, the crab stands higher on its pereiopods. 1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) ix. 173/2 The females [of Jaera] are indistinguishable morphologically, but the males differ in detailed structure of the pereiopods. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > thorax > leg attached to pereiopod1856 pereiopodite1877 podite1878 trunk-leg1902 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 635/2 In the adult Mysis, eight pairs of limbs (that is to say the five pairs of pereiopodites or ‘walking-feet’, and the three pairs of maxillipeds or ‘jaw~feet’) are all furnished with two branches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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