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Entomostraca
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Enˊto-mos′tra-ca
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] cut in pieces + [GREEK] burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.]
(Zoöl.)
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
. Definition 2025
Entomostraca
Entomostraca
Translingual
Proper noun
Entomostraca
- (obsolete) A taxonomic subclass within the subphylum Crustacea – originally considered one of the two major lineages of crustaceans (the other being the class Malacostraca).