[skiz-uh-pod, skit-suh-] 
| 1. | any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill. |
| 2. | Also, schi⋅zop⋅o⋅dous [ski-zop-uh-duh s, skit-sop-] . belonging or pertaining to the Schizopoda. |
| schiz·o·pod (skĭz'ə-pŏd', skĭt'sə-) n. Any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the orders Euphausiacea and Mysidacea (formerly included in the single order Schizopoda), consisting of the krill and the mysids. [From New Latin Schizopoda, former order name : schizo- + New Latin -poda, -pod.] schiz·op'o·dous (skĭ-zŏp'ə-dəs, skĭt-sŏp'-) adj. |