Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ostracoda"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ostracoda \Os*trac"o*da\, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.)
Ostracoidea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ostracoidea \Os`tra*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of a
testacean + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They
are of small size, and swim freely about. [Written also
{Ostracoda}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ostracoda
n : seed shrimps [syn: {Ostracoda}, {subclass Ostracoda}]
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