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leptostracan

leptostracan noun: any crustacean of the order Leptostraca.

Noun

leptostracan (plural leptostracans)

  1. Any crustacean of the order Leptostraca.
    • In the case of leptostracans, brooding takes place ventrally between the mother’s thoracopods, which form a large basket holding the developing embryos, while brooding in thermosbaenaceans takes place dorsally under an enlarged part of the carapace, and that of isopods take place ventrally in a...2015 December 19, “Naupliar and Metanaupliar Development of Thysanoessa raschii (Malacostraca, Euphausiacea) from Godthåbsfjord, Greenland, with a Reinstatement of the Ancestral Status of the...

Forms of leptostracan

pluralleptostracans

Origin of leptostracan

Leptostraca + -an

Questions about leptostracan

What does leptostracan mean?
Leptostracan means any crustacean of the order Leptostraca.
What part of speech is leptostracan?
Leptostracan is a noun.
What is the plural of leptostracan?
The plural of leptostracan is leptostracans.

Words near leptostracan in the dictionary

  1. leptosporangia
  2. leptosporangial
  3. leptosporangiate
  4. leptosporangiates
  5. leptosporangium
  6. leptostracan
  7. leptostracans
  8. leptotene
  9. leptotenes
  10. leptotenic
  11. leptothecate

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