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ostracoidea
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ostracoidea, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon shell of a testacean + -oid.].
An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written Ostracoda . [1913 Webster]
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