pereiopod

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  1. An appendage of the pereion; one of the true thoracic limbs or legs of a crustacean. They are the typical ambulatory or walking members (though they may be modified for swimming or for prehension), intervening between the maxillipeds or foot-jaws and the pleopods or abdominal limbs, which latter are usually natatory.

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  1. from New Latin pereion + Greek πον/ς (ποδ) = English foot.
 

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