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ostracise |
ostracism |
ostracite |
ostracize |
ostracod |
ostracoda
| ostracodan
| ostracoderm
| ostracodermi
| ostracoid
| ostracoidea
ostracoda
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ostracoda has 1 sense
- ostracoda(n = noun.animal) subclass ostracoda - seed shrimps; Array is a member of class crustacea, crustacea
is a kind of class
CIDE DICTIONARY
ostracoda, prop. n. pl.
An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp . They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea . They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age. [1913 Webster]
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