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Meaning of SCHIZOPODA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea
 
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 See Also: animal order

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Schi*zop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL. See {Schizo}-, and
{-poda}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the
thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for
swimming.
 

 

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