cladoceran.
(Of the Gr. ?, branch, and?, -?, horn).
1. adj. Zool. It is said the crustaceans of small size, almost everyone living in the waters sweet, Parthenogenetic, fitted with a bivalve shell which frees the head and the end of the abdomen, with branching and large antennas of the second pair, the animal uses to swim; e.g., water flea. U t. c. s.
2. m. pl. Order of these animals.
OrRTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
