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Branchiopod
(gcide) | Branchiopod \Bran"chi*o*pod\, n.
One of the Branchiopoda.
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branchiopod
(wn) | branchiopod
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass
Branchiopoda [syn: branchiopod, branchiopodan,
branchiopodous]
n 1: aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many
pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as
respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean,
branchiopod, branchiopodan] |
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subclass branchiopoda
(encz) | subclass Branchiopoda, n: |
Branchiopoda
(gcide) | Phyllopoda \Phyl*lop"o*da\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + -poda.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species,
most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or
leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in
swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell
(Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped
carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there
is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.
Sometimes the group is made to include also the
Cladocera.
[1913 Webster]Branchiopoda \Bran"chi*o*poda\, n. pl. [Gr. ? gill + -poda: cf.
F. branchiopode.] (Zool.)
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.
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branchiopod
(wn) | branchiopod
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass
Branchiopoda [syn: branchiopod, branchiopodan,
branchiopodous]
n 1: aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many
pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as
respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean,
branchiopod, branchiopodan] |
branchiopod crustacean
(wn) | branchiopod crustacean
n 1: aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many
pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as
respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean,
branchiopod, branchiopodan] |
branchiopoda
(wn) | Branchiopoda
n 1: primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy
shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water
fleas [syn: Branchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda] |
branchiopodan
(wn) | branchiopodan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass
Branchiopoda [syn: branchiopod, branchiopodan,
branchiopodous]
n 1: aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many
pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as
respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean,
branchiopod, branchiopodan] |
branchiopodous
(wn) | branchiopodous
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass
Branchiopoda [syn: branchiopod, branchiopodan,
branchiopodous] |
subclass branchiopoda
(wn) | subclass Branchiopoda
n 1: primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy
shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water
fleas [syn: Branchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda] |
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