ostracod

Other forms: ostracods

Definitions of ostracod
  1. noun
    tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
    synonyms: mussel shrimp, seed shrimp
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    type of:
    crustacean
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
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