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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 fleasplay

    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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