Branchiopoda

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}}.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Branchiopoda
       n : primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy
           shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps;
           water fleas [syn: {subclass Branchiopoda}]