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eumalacostracan

eumalacostracan adjective: characteristic of crustacea of the subclass Eumalacostraca.

Adjective

eumalacostracan (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of crustacea of the subclass Eumalacostraca.
    • The diversity of crustaceans testifies to a dramatic Lower Carboniferous eumalacostracan radiation.2015 December 24, “Enigmatic Fossils from the Lower Carboniferous Shrimp Bed, Granton, Scotland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Noun

eumalacostracan (plural eumalacostracans)

  1. Any crustacean of the subclass Eumalacostraca.

Forms of eumalacostracan

pluraleumalacostracans

Origin of eumalacostracan

Eumalacostraca + -an

Questions about eumalacostracan

What does eumalacostracan mean?
Eumalacostracan means characteristic of crustacea of the subclass Eumalacostraca.
What part of speech is eumalacostracan?
Eumalacostracan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near eumalacostracan in the dictionary

  1. eulytine
  2. eulytite
  3. eulytites
  4. eumagnesemia
  5. eumagnesemic
  6. eumalacostracan
  7. eumaniraptoran
  8. eumaniraptorans
  9. eumastacid
  10. eumastacids
  11. eumedusoid

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