Definition of Branchiopod

1. Noun. Aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding.


2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda.

Definition of Branchiopod

1. n. One of the Branchiopoda.

Definition of Branchiopod

1. Noun. Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class ''Branchiopoda'', such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Branchiopod

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Branchiopod

branching enzyme
branching factor
branching ratio
branchings
branchio-
branchio-oto-renal syndrome
branchiogastropoda
branchiogenic
branchioma
branchiomere
branchiomeric
branchiomeric muscles
branchiomerism
branchiomotor
branchiomotor nuclei
branchiopod (current term)
branchiopod crustacean
branchiopoda
branchiopodan
branchiopodous
branchiopods
branchiostegal
branchiostegals
branchiostege
branchiosteges
branchiostegous
branchiostoma
branchiura
branchless
branchlet

Literary usage of Branchiopod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"... paces from the above-mentioned place, a number of perfectly colorless, smaller, but sexually mature individuals of these branchiopod Crustaceans. ..."

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