ostracod (redirected from Ostracodes)

os·tra·cod  (str-kd)

n.

Any of various minute, chiefly freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a bivalve carapace.

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[New Latin Ostracda, subclass name, from Greek ostrakds, testaceous, from ostrakon, shell; see ost- in Indo-European roots.]

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ostracod [ˈɒstrəˌkɒd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any minute crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Ostracoda, in which the body is enclosed in a transparent two-valved carapace

[via New Latin from Greek ostrakōdēs having a shell, from ostrakon shell]

ostracodan  [ˌɒstrəˈkəʊdən], ostracodous adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ostracod - tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell mussel shrimp, seed shrimp crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda - seed shrimps