branchiopoda (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Branchiopoda*:
NOUN	animal	Branchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda	primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans

English > *Branchiopoda*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas.
Synonym	subclass Branchiopoda
Member of	Crustacea, class Crustacea	Class of mandibulate arthropods including
Members	Anostraca, order Anostraca	small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace
	Notostraca, order Notostraca	small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
	Triops, genus Triops	type genus of the family Triopidae
	genus Daphnia	water fleas
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	branquiópodos
Catalan	Branchiopoda
Adjectives	branchiopodous	of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

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