branchiopod crustacean

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

   Synonymsbranchiopodbranchiopodan

   Broadercrustacean

   Narrowerdaphniafairy shrimpbrine shrimptadpole shrimp

Questions about branchiopod crustacean

What does branchiopod crustacean mean?

branchiopod crustacean means "aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding".

What is another word for branchiopod crustacean?

Close synonyms include branchiopod, branchiopodan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is branchiopod crustacean a common word?

branchiopod crustacean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.