Bran·chi·o·poda n. pl.  Zool. An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called {Phyllopoda}. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.

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 Branchiopoda
      n : primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy
          shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps;
          water fleas [syn: subclass Branchiopoda]