NOUN | animal | mussel shrimp, seed shrimp, ostracod | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
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Meaning | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell. | |
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Synonyms | seed shrimp, ostracod | |
Member of | Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda | seed shrimps |
Broader | crustacean | Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
Spanish | ostracoda, ostrácodo | |
Catalan | ostracode |
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