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ostracods

ostracods is the plural 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

Questions about ostracods

What is ostracods the plural of?
Ostracods is the plural of ostracod.

Words near ostracods in the dictionary

  1. ostracodes
  2. ostracodological
  3. ostracodologist
  4. ostracodologists
  5. ostracodology
  6. ostracods
  7. ostracoid
  8. ostracoids
  9. ostracon
  10. ostraconophobia
  11. ostraculture

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