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Ostracoda   Listen
proper noun
Ostracoda  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.






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Words linked to "Ostracoda" :   subclass Ostracoda, seed shrimp, Crustacea



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