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branchiopod

bran.chio.pod \'bran-ke--*-.pa:d\ \.bran-ke--'a:p-*d-*n\ \-*d-*s\ n [deriv. 
   of Gk branchia gills + pod-, pous foot - more at MFOOT : any of a group 
   (Branchiopoda) of aquatic crustaceans typically having a  long body, a 
   carapace, and many pairs of leaflike appendages - branchiopod aj