| NOUN | animal | subclass Branchiopoda, Branchiopoda | primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans |
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| Meaning | Primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas. | |
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| Synonym | 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 | branchiopod, branchiopodan, branchiopodous | of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda |
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