branchiopoda

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Noun branchiopoda has 1 sense

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branchiopodan. 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]

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