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Entomostraca
Definition of Entomostraca
in some classifications
: a subclass of Crustacea comprising the Branchiopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Cirripedia, groups regarded by most modern systematists as too diverse for inclusion in a single subclass, the name then being used as a term of convenience without taxonomic implications
entomostracan
adjective or nounentomostracous
\-kəs\ adjectiveFrom the M-W Editors
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Origin and Etymology of entomostraca
New Latin, from entom- + -ostraca (from Greek ostrakon earthen vessel, potsherd, shell)
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