Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the last pair of posterior abdominal appendages of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster or shrimp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any abdominal limb of an arthropod; an appendage of the urosome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See
Illust. ofcrustacea , andstomapoda .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy either of the two
posterior abdominal appendages of thelobster ,shrimp and some othercrustaceans
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hemisquilla californiensis – magnified view of a uropod, or tail feather, of mantis shrimp.
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Hemisquilla californiensis by Mike Bok — magnified view of a uropod, or tail feather, of mantis shrimp.
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Hemisquilla californiensis – magnified view of a uropod, or tail feather, of mantis shrimp.
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Then, a small portion of a uropod was absorbed inside an osteoblast.
unknown title 2009
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The uropod material was eventually sealed inside an endosome-a tiny balloon-like structure within the cell.
unknown title 2009
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Then, a small portion of a uropod was absorbed inside an osteoblast.
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The uropod material was eventually sealed inside an endosome -- a tiny balloon-like structure within the cell.
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Then, a small portion of a uropod was absorbed inside an osteoblast.
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After the osteoblasts absorbed the uropod material, they began producing SDF-1.
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After the osteoblasts absorbed the uropod material, they began producing SDF-1.
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