'Uropod' definitions:

Definition of 'Uropod'

From: GCIDE
  • Uropod \U"ro*pod\, n. [2d uro- + -pod.] (Zool.) 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. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda. [1913 Webster]

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