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Branchiura

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Branchiura

Bran"chi*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr., Gr. ? gill + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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branchiura

noun
copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes 
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