cladocerous

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cla⋅doc⋅er⋅an

[kluh-dos-er-uh

–noun

1.	any or several small, transparent crustaceans of the order Cladocera, having the body covered by a bivalve shell from which the head and antennae extend.

–adjective

2.	Also, cla⋅doc⋅er⋅ous [kluh-dos-er-uhs] Show IPA . belonging or pertaining to the Cladocera.

Origin:
1905–10; < NL Cladocer(a) (clado- clado- + -cera, neut. pl. of -cerus horned; see cero- ) + -an

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