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malacostracous

malacostracous adjective: belonging to the Malacostraca.

Adjective

malacostracous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the Malacostraca.

Origin of malacostracous

From taxonomic name Malacostraca + -ous.

Questions about malacostracous

What does malacostracous mean?
Malacostracous means belonging to the Malacostraca.
What part of speech is malacostracous?
Malacostracous is an adjective.

Words near malacostracous in the dictionary

  1. malacostracans
  2. malacostracean
  3. malacostracologist
  4. malacostracologists
  5. malacostracology
  6. malacostracous
  7. malacotic
  8. Malacozoic
  9. malacozoological
  10. malacozoologist
  11. malacozoologists

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