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schizopoda


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Schizopoda  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Schizopoda 
  n  :  in  former  classifications  a  division  of  Malacostraca; 
  superseded  by  the  orders  Mysidacea  and  Euphausiacea  [syn: 
  {Schizopoda}] 




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