phyllopoda

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phyllopoda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phyllopoda \Phyl*lop"o*da\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n.
     pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + -poda.] (Zool.)
     An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species,
     most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or
     leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in
     swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}.
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     Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell
           (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped
           carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there
           is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.
           Sometimes the group is made to include also the
           Cladocera.
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  Branchiopoda \Bran"chi*o*poda\, n. pl. [Gr. ? gill + -poda: cf.
     F. branchiopode.] (Zool.)
     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.
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