schizopoda

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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.

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schizopoda
noun
in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea

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