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| os·tra·cod [ óstrə kòd ] (plural os·tra·cod or os·tra·cods) |
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small crustacean: a tiny crustacean that lives inside a hard outer shell made of two hinged halves. Subclass Ostracoda.
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Ostracoda< Greek ostrakōdēs "like a pottery fragment" < ostrakon "shell"] |
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