bran·chi·o·pod (br ng k - -p d )n. Any of various aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimp and water flea, characterized by a segmented body and flattened, leaflike thoracic appendages. [From New Latin Branchiopoda, class name : Latin branchia, gills; see branchia + New Latin -poda, -pod; see -pod.] bran chi·o·pod, branchi·opo·dan (-p-dn), branchi·opa·dous (-ds) adj. |
branchiopod [ˈbræŋkɪəˌpɒd]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
| branchiopod (brngk--pd) Any of various primitive aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimp and water flea. Branchiopods are characterized by flattened, leaflike thoracic appendages. |
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| Noun | 1. | branchiopod - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton daphnia, water flea - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae fairy shrimp - small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back Artemia salina, brine shrimp - common to saline lakes tadpole shrimp - a kind of branchiopod crustacean |
| Adj. | 1. | branchiopod - of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda |
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