(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:39:34

Os`tra*coi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. shell of a testacean + -oid.] Zool.

An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about.

[Written also Ostracoda.]

 

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