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thecostracan

thecostracan noun: any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).

Noun

thecostracan (plural thecostracans)

  1. Any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).
    • While nine barnacle species are recorded for the German sectors of the North and Baltic Sea [95 ], the total number of thecostracan species inhabiting the North Sea is unknown.2015 September 30, “The Application of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Marine Crustaceans from the North Sea and Adjacent Regions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of thecostracan

pluralthecostracans

Origin of thecostracan

From translingual Thecostraca + -an.

Questions about thecostracan

What does thecostracan mean?
Thecostracan means any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).
What part of speech is thecostracan?
Thecostracan is a noun.
What is the plural of thecostracan?
The plural of thecostracan is thecostracans.

Words near thecostracan in the dictionary

  1. thecomata
  2. thecoperitoneal
  3. thecosomatous
  4. thecosome
  5. thecosomes
  6. thecostracan
  7. thecostracans
  8. Theda
  9. Theddingworth
  10. Theddlethorpe
  11. Theddlethorpe All Saints

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