1. aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding; [syn: branchiopod crustacean, branchiopod, branchiopodan]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
branchiopod crustacean
n 1: aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many
pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as
respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean,
branchiopod, branchiopodan]