noun
small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
• Syn: ↑order Notostraca
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiopoda, ↑subclass Branchiopoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Triopidae, ↑family Triopidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.