Found 2 items, similar to Entomostraca.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Entomostraca
Entomostraca
n : in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and
Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in
technical use [syn:
subclass Entomostraca]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Entomostraca
Entomostraca
\En`to*mos"tra*ca\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cut in
pieces + ? burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number
of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several
orders; as the
Phyllopoda,
Ostracoda,
Copepoda, and
Pectostraca. See
Copepoda,
Phyllopoda, and
Cladocera.
[1913 Webster]