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Branchiopod

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Noun

1. branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan

aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding

Adjective

2. branchiopod, branchiopodan, branchiopodous

of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

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Branchiopod

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noun
any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas

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Branchiopod

see synonyms of branchiopod
noun
any of a class (Branchiopoda) of crustaceans with many pairs of flattened, leaflike limbs, as the fairy shrimps and water fleas

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Branchiopod

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

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