- 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.
Definition
[ n. pl.]