'Swimmeret' definitions:
Definition of 'swimmeret'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming [syn: swimmeret, pleopod]
Definition of 'Swimmeret'
From: GCIDE
- Swimmeret \Swim"mer*et\, n. (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. [1913 Webster]