SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Entomostraca mean? 

• SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA (noun)
  The noun SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA has 1 sense:

1. in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use

  Familiarity information: SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA (noun)

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Meaning:

In some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Entomostraca; subclass Entomostraca

Hypernyms ("subclass Entomostraca" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("subclass Entomostraca" is a member of...):

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