| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming. |
| Noun | 1. | Schizopoda - in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea |