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ostracode

ostracode is the alternative form of ostracod.

Meaning of ostracod

Noun

ostracod (plural ostracods)

  1. Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.
    • Considering all the ecological data, there seems to be an evolution in the associations of ostracods throughout time.1990, Anne Van Frausum, Karel Wouters, “39: Ostracoda from Holocene calcareous tufa deposits in southern Belgium: a palaeoenvironmental analysis”, in R. Whatley, C. Maybury, editors, Ostracoda and...
    Synonyms:
    seed shrimp

Forms of ostracode

pluralostracodes

Questions about ostracode

What is ostracode the alternative form of?
Ostracode is the alternative form of ostracod.

Words near ostracode in the dictionary

  1. ostracizes
  2. ostracizing
  3. ostracizings
  4. ostracod
  5. ostracodal
  6. ostracode
  7. ostracoderm
  8. ostracoderms
  9. ostracodes
  10. ostracodological
  11. ostracodologist

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