|  branchiopod 
 
 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:
 daphnia, water flea, fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, Artemia salina, tadpole shrimp
 
 of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda
 • Syn:
 branchiopodan, branchiopodous
 • Pertains to noun:
 subclass Branchiopoda (for: branchiopodous), subclass Branchiopoda (for: branchiopodan), subclass Branchiopoda
 • Derivationally related forms:
 Branchiopoda (for: branchiopodous)
 
 
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