fə̇ˈläpədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from phyll- + -poda
in some especially former classifications : a group comprising entomostracan crustaceans with leaflike swimming appendages that serve as gills, mandibles without palpi, and reduced maxillae: as
a. : branchiopoda 1
b. : an order or suborder coextensive with the combined orders Anostraca, Notostraca, and Conchostraca