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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Branchiopoda'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/branchiopoda.html. 1828.
 
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