branchiopodan

bran·chi·o·pod  (brngk--pd)

n.

Any of various aquatic crustaceans of the subclass Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimp and water flea, characterized by a segmented body and flattened, leaflike thoracic appendages.

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[From New Latin Branchiopoda, subclass name : Latin branchia, gills; see branchia + New Latin -poda, -pod; see -pod.]

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branchi·o·pod, branchi·opo·dan (-p-dn), branchi·opa·dous (-ds) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean 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.	branchiopodan - of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda branchiopod, branchiopodous