Entomostraca

Entomostraca: 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

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Entomostraca — is a historical subclass of Crustacea, no longer in technical use. It was originally considered one of the two major lineages of crustaceans (the other being the class Malacostraca), combining all other classes. The Ostracoda have the body… … Wikipedia
Entomostraca — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entomostrăca — Entomostrăca, so v.w. Muschelinsecten od. Kiemenfüßer, Ordnung der Crustaceen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Entomostraca — Entomostraca … Wikipédia en Français
Entomostraca — См. entomostracan … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
entomostraca — en·to·mos·tra·ca … English syllables
subclass Entomostraca — noun in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use • Syn: ↑Entomostraca • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Crustacea, ↑class Crustacea … Useful english dictionary
Entomostracea — Entomostraca Entomostraca … Wikipédia en Français
Entomostraceae — Entomostraca Entomostraca … Wikipédia en Français
Entomostracés — Entomostraca Entomostraca … Wikipédia en Français

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