Meaning of ENTOMOSTRACA
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| | Definition: | | [n] in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use |
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| | Synonyms: | | subclass Entomostraca |
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| | See Also: | | class, class Crustacea, Crustacea | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En`to*mos"tra*ca\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cut in
pieces + ? burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number
of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several
orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and
Pectostraca. See {Copepoda}, {Phyllopoda}, and {Cladocera}.
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