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malacostracan

malacostracan noun: any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca.

Noun

malacostracan (plural malacostracans)

  1. Any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca.

Forms of malacostracan

pluralmalacostracans

Origin of malacostracan

From Malacostraca + -an.

Questions about malacostracan

What does malacostracan mean?
Malacostracan means any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca.
What part of speech is malacostracan?
Malacostracan is a noun.
What is the plural of malacostracan?
The plural of malacostracan is malacostracans.

Words near malacostracan in the dictionary

  1. malacospores
  2. malacosteine
  3. malacosteines
  4. malacosteon
  5. malacostomous
  6. malacostracan
  7. malacostracans
  8. malacostracean
  9. malacostracologist
  10. malacostracologists
  11. malacostracology

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