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phyllomorphosis |
phyllophagan |
phyllophagous |
phyllophorous |
phyllopod |
phyllopoda
| phyllopodous
| phylloporus
| phylloporus boletinoides
| phylloquinone
| phyllorhine
phyllopoda
CIDE DICTIONARY
phyllopoda, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a leaf + -poda.].
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
" 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."
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