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[syn: Entomostraca, subclass Entomostraca]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and
Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Entomostraca
n 1: in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and
Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in
technical use [syn: Entomostraca, subclass
Entomostraca]