Branchiopoda – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Branchiopoda
Branchiopoda
Noun
1. primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas
(synonym) subclass Branchiopoda
(hypernym) class
(member-holonym) Crustacea, class Crustacea
(member-meronym) genus Daphnia
Branchiopoda
(n. pl.)
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), edited by Noah Porter.
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