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Entomostraca

Entomostraca Meaning & Definition
Entomostraca Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Entomostraca?

[n] in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use

Synonyms | Synonyms for Entomostraca: subclass Entomostraca

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See Also | class | class Crustacea | Crustacea

Entomostraca In Webster's Dictionary

\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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