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entomostracan definition

ento·mos·tra·can (-mäs′trə kən)

noun

any of a large variety of small crustaceans, as the copepods, barnacles, etc., formerly constituting a subclass (Entomostraca)

Etymology: < ModL < entomo- (see entomo-) + Gr ostrakon, a shell (see ostracize) + -an

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