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Webster 1913 Edition
Branchiopoda
‖
Bran′chi-o-poda
,Noun.
pl.
[Gr. [GREEK] 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 . See
Branchipus
, Apus
, and Limnadia
, and the genus Artemia
found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda
Phyllopoda
, Cladocera
. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.