ostracodan

 [os-truh-kod]  

os·tra·cod

   [os-truh-kod]
noun
seed shrimp.
Origin:
1860–65; < Neo-Latin Ostracoda name of the subclass < Greek ostrakṓdēs, equivalent to óstrak(on) shell, tile (see ostracize) + -ōdēs -ode1

Related forms
os·tra·co·dan  [os-truh-kohd-n] , os·tra·co·dous, adjective
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Ostracodan is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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ostracod (ˈɒstrəˌkɒd)
 
—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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