phyllopod
/ˈfɪlə(ʊ)pɒd
/noun Zoology, dated
A branchiopod crustacean.The phyllopod bed is therefore exceptional for possessing both typical fossil bearing characteristics and unusual soft tissue preservation....
- Nonmarine occurrences of Rusophycus-like bilobed resting traces, widely recorded from Devonian to Permian subaqueous deposits, were probably produced by notostracan or phyllopod crustaceans.
- Classified as phyllopods due to the leaf-like appearance of their legs, fairy shrimps ‘bloom’ in mineral-rich temporary ponds, reaching ridiculously dense concentrations.
Origin
From modern Latin Phyllopoda (former class name), from Greek phullon 'leaf' + pous, pod- 'foot'.
- superior meridian
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- superlation
- superlative
- superlative absolute
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- superlativeness
- superlative relative
- Superlative Surprise
- superlattice
- superlight
- superliminary
- superlineal