ostracode

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noun

Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.

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seed shrimp ostracod ostracoderm ostracean ostracodologist brachipod oöstegite notostracan ostracite ostracoid archaeostracan toothshell gasteropod ochlesid crustacean ostracum

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