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SUBCLASS MALACOSTRACA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies
Synonyms:
Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subclass Malacostraca" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "subclass Malacostraca"):
malacostracan crustacean (a major subclass of crustaceans)
Decapoda; order Decapoda (lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns)
Euphausiacea; order Euphausiacea (small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill)
Mysidacea; order Mysidacea (opossum shrimp)
Isopoda; order Isopoda (woodlice)
Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)
Holonyms ("subclass Malacostraca" is a member of...):
class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)
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