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thecostracans

thecostracans is the plural of thecostracan.

Meaning of thecostracan

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

Questions about thecostracans

What is thecostracans the plural of?
Thecostracans is the plural of thecostracan.

Words near thecostracans in the dictionary

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

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