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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
2. 2
   aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

branchiopod crustaceanbranchiopodanbranchiopodanbranchiopodous

Etymology

See Branchiopoda.