An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera
Branchipus,
Apus, and
Limnadia, and the genus
Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called
Phyllopoda. See
Phyllopoda,
Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense. [
1913 Webster]