noun
in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use
• Syn: ↑subclass Entomostraca
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Crustacea, ↑class Crustacea
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Entomostraca /en-tō-mosˈtrə-kə/
plural noun
A general name for the lower orders of Crustacea, ie Phyllopods, Ostracods, Copepods and Cirripedes
ORIGIN: Gr entomos cut up, from en in, tomē a cut, and ostrakon a shell
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entomosˈtracan noun and adjective
entomosˈtracous adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.