Lexic.us

Definition of Branchiopod

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

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

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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