branchiopoda
NounSynonyms:
subclass Branchiopoda
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleasSynonyms: subclass BranchiopodaType of classMember of Crustacea, class CrustaceaMembers Triops, genus Daphnia, Anostraca, Notostraca
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bran′chi·o·poda (…), plural noun
Origin: Gr. … gill + -poda: cf. F. branchiopode.
Zoology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54