Schizopoda

2 definitions found

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

  Schizopoda \Schi*zop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL. See {Schizo-}, and
     {-poda}.] (Zool.)
     A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the
     thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for
     swimming.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Schizopoda
       n : in former classifications a division of Malacostraca;
           superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea