swimmeret
IPA: swˈɪmɝˈeɪ
noun
- (zoology) In decapods such as lobsters, one of the legs primarily used for swimming but also used for brooding the eggs (except in prawns) and catching food.
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Examples of "swimmeret" in Sentences
- The lobes of the tail are colored similarly to the swimmerets.
- Mathematics will allow us to step back from the specifics of the swimmeret system and describe how limb coordination is being achieved. "
- We know for each swimmeret which neurons export information about the swimmerets 'movement to other parts of the nervous system, and we know the neurons they talk to, "Mulloney said.
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