Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Branchiura"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Branchiura
n : copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
[syn: {Branchiura}, {order Branchiura}]
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