Definition of branchiopodans Branchiopodans

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What does branchiopodans mean?

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Adjective
branchiopodan - of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda
		branchiopod, branchiopodous
Noun
branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding
		branchiopod crustacean, branchiopod
		crustacean any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
		daphnia, water flea minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
		fairy shrimp small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
		artemia salina, brine shrimp common to saline lakes