ostracod

American

[os-truh-kod] / ˈɒs trəˌkɒd /

noun

seed shrimp.

ostracod British

/ ˌɒstrəˈkəʊdən, ˈɒstrəˌkɒd /

noun

any minute crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Ostracoda, in which the body is enclosed in a transparent two-valved carapace

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Origin of ostracod

1860–65; < New Latin Ostracoda name of the subclass < Greek ostrakṓdēs, equivalent to óstrak ( on ) shell, tile ( see ostracize) + -ōdēs -ode ¹

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