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entomostraca
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entomostraca, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. cut in pieces + burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.].
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]
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