About The Word Entomostraca
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Entomostraca
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Entomostraca: 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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