Arthrostraca :: Arthrostraca (n. pl.) One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda..

Entomostraca :: Entomostraca (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera..

Entomostracan :: Entomostracan (a.) Relating to the Entomostraca.

Entomostracan :: Entomostracan (n.) One of the Entomostraca.

Entomostracous :: Entomostracous (a.) Belonging to the Entomostracans.

Holostraca :: Holostraca (n. pl.) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell..

Leptostraca :: Leptostraca (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms..

Malacostraca :: Malacostraca (n. pl.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca..

Malacostracan :: Malacostracan (n.) One of the Malacostraca.

Malacostracology :: Malacostracology (n.) That branch of zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.

Malacostracous :: Malacostracous (a.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.

Ostracea :: Ostracea (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Ostracean :: Ostracean (n.) Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type..

Ostracion :: Ostracion (n.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes..

Ostraciont :: Ostraciont (n.) A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.

Ostracism :: Ostracism (n.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage..

Ostracism :: Ostracism (n.) Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism..

Ostracite :: Ostracite (n.) A fossil oyster.

Ostracize :: Ostracize (v. t.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens..

Ostracize :: Ostracize (v. t.) To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends..

Ostracized :: Ostracized (imp. & p. p.) of Ostraciz.

Ostracizing :: Ostracizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ostraciz.

Ostracoda :: Ostracoda (n. pl.) Ostracoidea.

Ostracodermi :: Ostracodermi (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

Ostracoid :: Ostracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea.

Ostracoid :: Ostracoid (n.) One of the Ostracoidea.

Ostracoidea :: Ostracoidea (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about..

Pectostraca :: Pectostraca (n. pl.) A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia..

Periostraca :: Periostraca (pl. ) of Periostracu.

Periostracum :: Periostracum (n.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.

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