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Ostracoidea

Os`tra*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of a testacean + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. [Written also Ostracoda.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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