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schizopod

American

[skiz-uh-pod, skit-suh-] / ˈskɪz əˌpɒd, ˈskɪt sə- /

noun

any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.

adjective

Also schizopodous belonging or pertaining to the Schizopoda.

schizopod British

/ ˈskɪtsəʊˌpɒd /

noun

any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the former order Schizopoda, now separated into the orders Mysidacea (opossum shrimps) and Euphausiacea

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Etymology

Origin of schizopod

1835–45; < New Latin Schizopoda; schizo-, -pod

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One of these, the schizopod crustacean Mysis relicta,—a shrimp-like creature,—which was formerly believed to inhabit also the Caspian, is of particular interest.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

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