1. a small aquatic crustacean with leaf-like swimming appendages, including water fleas and brine shrimp
Usage: zoology

1. relating to or characteristic of branchiopods
Usage: zoology

Examples

• The pond was teeming with tiny branchiopods that served as food for the fish.
• Daphnia is a common branchiopod found in freshwater environments.
• The scientist studied branchiopod anatomy under the microscope.
• Brine shrimp are branchiopods that can survive in extremely salty water.
• The branchiopod’s leaf-like appendages help it swim and filter food.
• Researchers collected branchiopod specimens from the lake for analysis.