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Noun: tadpole shrimp
  1. A kind of branchiopod crustacean
    "Tadpole shrimp are considered living fossils, having changed little over millions of years"

Derived forms: tadpole shrimps

Type of: branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan

Part of: genus Triops, Triops

Encyclopedia: Tadpole shrimp