phyllopod

phyllopod
/fil"euh pod'/, n.
1. any crustacean of the order Phyllopoda, having leaflike swimming appendages.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the Phyllopoda.
Also, phyllopodan /fi lop"euh deuhn/.
[1860-65; < NL Phyllopoda. See PHYLLO-, -POD]

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