ostracod
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trəˌkɒd noun
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| —n | |
| any minute crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Ostracoda, in which the body is enclosed in a transparent two-valved carapace | |
| [C19: via New Latin from Greek ostrakōdēs having a shell, from ostrakon shell] | |
| ostracodan | |
| —adj | |
| ostra'codous | |
| —adj | |
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Ostracod
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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ostracod
any of a widely distributed group of crustaceans resembling mussels. Mussel shrimp differ from most crustaceans in having a very short trunk that has lost its external segmentation, or divisions. Nearly all of the body is encased in a hard covering, or carapace. The 2,000 living species include marine, freshwater, and terrestrial forms
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Fragmented shells of freshwater molluscs and an ostracod occur within a marlstone bed.
Additional variation in ostracod species richness was further explained by water and sediment depth.
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