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malacostraca


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Malacostraca  \Mal`a*cos"tra*ca\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  from  Gr  ?  soft  + 
  ?  shell  of  a  testacean.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  subclass  of  Crustacea,  including  Arthrostraca  and 
  Thoracostraca,  or  all  those  higher  than  the  Entomostraca. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Malacostraca 
  n  :  largest  subclass  of  Crustacea  including  most  of  the 
  well-known  marine,  freshwater,  and  terrestrial 
  crustaceans:  crabs;  lobsters;  shrimps;  sow  bugs;  beach 
  flies  [syn:  {Malacostraca},  {subclass  Malacostraca}] 




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