Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.
An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the
feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of
gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and
Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called
Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera...