'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]