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branchiopod — I noun aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding • Syn: ↑branchiopod crustacean, ↑branchiopodan • Hypernyms: ↑crustacean • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
branchiopod — /brang kee euh pod /, n. 1. any crustacean of the class (or subclass) Branchiopoda, having flattened, footlike appendages that bear respiratory organs. adj. 2. Also, branchiopodous /brang kee op euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
branchiopod — [ braŋkɪə(ʊ)pɒd] noun Zoology a small aquatic crustacean of the class Branchiopoda, with gills on the feet, e.g. a water flea or fairy shrimp. Origin from mod. L. Branchiopoda, from Gk brankhia gills + pous, pod foot … English new terms dictionary
branchiopod — bran•chi•o•pod [[t]ˈbræŋ ki əˌpɒd[/t]] n. 1) ivt any crustacean of the class Branchiopoda, having gill bearing appendages, as the fairy shrimp 2) ivt of or belonging to the class Branchiopoda • Etymology: 1820–30; < NL Branchiopoda. See… … From formal English to slang
branchiopod — n. kind of crustacean with gills on feet. ♦ branchiopodan, ♦ branchiopodus, a … Dictionary of difficult words
brine shrimp — noun common to saline lakes • Syn: ↑Artemia salina • Hypernyms: ↑branchiopod crustacean, ↑branchiopod, ↑branchiopodan • Member Holonyms: ↑Artemia, ↑genus Artemia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
branchiopodan — I noun aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding • Syn: ↑branchiopod crustacean, ↑branchiopod • Hypernyms: ↑crustacean • Hyponyms: ↑da … Useful english dictionary
tadpole shrimp — noun a kind of branchiopod crustacean • Hypernyms: ↑branchiopod crustacean, ↑branchiopod, ↑branchiopodan • Member Holonyms: ↑Triops, ↑genus Triops * * * noun : a notostracan crustacean especially of the genus … Useful english dictionary
water flea — noun 1. minute free swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms • Syn … Useful english dictionary
