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Ostracoda
(gcide) | Ostracoda \Os*trac"o*da\, prop. n. pl. (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies
enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp
and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as
Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about;
many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain
extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian
age.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Ostracoda
(gcide) | Ostracoidea \Os`tra*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon
shell of a testacean + -oid.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They
are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written
Ostracoda. [archaic]
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
ostracoda
(wn) | Ostracoda
n 1: seed shrimps [syn: Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda] |
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subclass ostracoda
(encz) | subclass Ostracoda, n: |
Ostracoda
(gcide) | Ostracoda \Os*trac"o*da\, prop. n. pl. (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies
enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp
and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as
Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about;
many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain
extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian
age.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Ostracoidea \Os`tra*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon
shell of a testacean + -oid.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They
are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written
Ostracoda. [archaic]
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
ostracodan
(gcide) | ostracodan \ostracodan\ n.
Same as ostracod.
[PJC] |
subclass ostracoda
(wn) | subclass Ostracoda
n 1: seed shrimps [syn: Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda] |
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