branchiopoda
/brɑ:ntʃaɪɒpəʊ'də/
📖 中文释义
- 鳃足类
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. pl. 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.