Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cladocera"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cladocera \Cla*doc"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a sprout + ? a
horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of the Entomostraca.
Note: They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not
the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two
pairs of anten[ae], for use in swimming. They mostly
inhabit fresh water.
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