branchiopoda

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun branchiopoda has 1 sense

branchiopoda(n = noun.animal) subclass branchiopoda - primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas;

is a member of class crustacea, crustacea

is a kind of class

Derived form adjective branchiopodous₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

branchiopoda, n. pl. [Gr. gill + -poda: cf. F. branchiopode.].

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]