OSTRACODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostracoda mean? 

• OSTRACODA (noun)
  The noun OSTRACODA has 1 sense:

1. seed shrimps

  Familiarity information: OSTRACODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTRACODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seed shrimps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ostracoda; subclass Ostracoda

Hypernyms ("Ostracoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Ostracoda"):

mussel shrimp; ostracod; seed shrimp (tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell)

Holonyms ("Ostracoda" is a member of...):

class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)