OSTRACODA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Seed shrimps

Synonyms:

Ostracoda; subclass Ostracoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ostracoda" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Ostracoda"):

mussel shrimp; ostracod; seed shrimp (tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell)

Holonyms ("Ostracoda" is a member of...):

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