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Definition of: branchiopod
(brang′kē·ə·pod′) noun
One of a group (Branchiopoda) of aquatic crustaceans having a typically elongated body and many pairs of leaflike thoracic appendages having a respiratory function. [<BRANCHIO- + Gk. pous, podos foot]
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