BRANCHIURA - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes

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	Synonyms:	order Branchiura

	See Also:	animal order, Copepoda, fish louse, subclass Copepoda

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Bran"chi*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr., Gr. ? gill + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice ({Argulus}).