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ostracodous

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os⋅tra⋅cod

  [os-truh-kod]
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–noun
seed shrimp.
Origin:
1860–65; < NL Ostracoda name of the subclass < Gk ostrakdēs, equiv. to óstrak(on) shell, tile (see ostracize ) + -ōdēs -ode 1

Related forms:
os⋅tra⋅co⋅dan  [os-truh-kohd-n] , os⋅tra⋅co⋅dous, adjective
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