branchiopod

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branchiopod - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Branchiopod \Bran"chi*o*pod\, n.
     One of the Branchiopoda.
     [1913 Webster]

branchiopod - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  branchiopod
      adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass
             Branchiopoda [syn: branchiopod, branchiopodan,
             branchiopodous]
      n 1: aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many
           pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as
           respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean,
           branchiopod, branchiopodan]