Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Ostracopoda .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also
seed shrimp andmussel shrimp . They were formerly referred to asOstracoidea . They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thesubphylum Crustacea — theostracods .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun seed shrimps
Etymologies
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Examples
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On a new terrestrial genus and species of Scottiinae Crustacea, Ostracoda from Australia, with a discussion on the phylogeny and the zoogeography of the subfamily, Zoologischer Anzeiger, 243:21-36.
What is a terrestrial animal? AYDIN 2008
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On a new terrestrial genus and species of Scottiinae Crustacea, Ostracoda from Australia, with a discussion on the phylogeny and the zoogeography of the subfamily, Zoologischer Anzeiger, 243:21-36.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Living males of the 'ancient asexual' Darwinulidae Ostracoda: Crustacea.
Archive 2007-02-01 AYDIN 2007
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Living males of the 'ancient asexual' Darwinulidae Ostracoda: Crustacea.
An occasional male ostracod AYDIN 2007
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In the Ostracoda, Zenker describes a gland situated in the base of the inferior antennae, and opening at the extremity of an extraordinarily long "spine."
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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Diastylidae, the Amphipoda and Isopoda, the Ostracoda and Daphnidae, the
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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Cirripedia to the Ostracoda is also spoken of, but the similarity of the so-called "Cypris-like larvae," or Cirriped-pupae as Darwin calls them, to Cypris is so purely external, even as regards the shell, that the relationship appears to me to be scarcely greater than that of
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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* Additional Notes on the Clodocera and Ostracoda of
Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp
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* Notes on the Clodocera, Ostracoda and Rotifera of
Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp
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Claus), Ostracoda (at least the Cypridinae), Diastylidae, Edriophthalma, and Podophthalma, with few exceptions relating to terrestrial animals or parasites, bear peculiar filaments which I have already repeatedly mentioned as "olfactory filaments."
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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