branchiopod

noun

aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding

adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

Roots

branchiabranchio- · Greek · gills pouspod- · Greek · foot

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