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OSTRACOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ostracod mean?
• OSTRACOD (noun)
The noun OSTRACOD has 1 sense:
1. tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
Familiarity information: OSTRACOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mussel shrimp; ostracod; seed shrimp
Hypernyms ("ostracod" is a kind of...):
crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
Holonyms ("ostracod" is a member of...):
Ostracoda; subclass Ostracoda (seed shrimps)
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