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BRANCHIOPODA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas

Synonyms:

Branchiopoda; subclass Branchiopoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Branchiopoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Branchiopoda"):

genus Daphnia (water fleas)

Anostraca; order Anostraca (small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps)

Notostraca; order Notostraca (small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace)

genus Triops; Triops (type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye)

Holonyms ("Branchiopoda" is a member of...):

class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)

Derivation:

branchiopodous (of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda)

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