os·tra·cod ( s tr -kd )n. Any of various minute, chiefly freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a bivalve carapace. [New Latin Ostrac  da, subclass name, from Greek ostrakd s, testaceous, from ostrakon, shell; see ost- in Indo-European roots.] |
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
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| Noun | 1. |  ostracod - tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shellcrustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda - seed shrimps |
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