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SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use
Synonyms:
Entomostraca; subclass Entomostraca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subclass Entomostraca" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("subclass Entomostraca" is a member of...):
class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)