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branchiopod

N สัตว์ ทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง มี เหงือก 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRANCHIOPOD

BRANCHIOPOD Bran "chi *o *pod, n.

 

Defn: One of the Branchiopoda.

 

BRANCHIOPODA

Bran "chi *o *poda, n. pl. Etym: [Gr. -poda: cf. F. branchiopode.](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

branchiopod

bran chi o pod |ˈbraNGkēəˌpäd ˈbræŋkiəˌpɑd | noun Zoology a small aquatic crustacean of the class Branchiopoda, such as a water flea or fairy shrimp.

 

Branchiopoda

Bran chi op o da |ˌbraNGkēəˈpōdə ˌbræŋkiəˈpoʊdə |Zoology a class of small aquatic crustaceans that includes water fleas and fairy shrimps, which are distinguished by having gills on their feet. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek brankhia gills + pous, pod- foot.

 

Oxford Dictionary

branchiopod

branchiopod |ˈbraŋkɪə (ʊ )pɒd | noun Zoology a small aquatic crustacean of the class Branchiopoda, such as a water flea or fairy shrimp.

 

Branchiopoda

Branchiopoda |ˌbraŋkɪəˈpəʊdə | plural noun Zoology a class of small aquatic crustaceans that includes water fleas and fairy shrimps, which are distinguished by having gills upon the feet. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek brankhia gills + pous, pod- foot .