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"Ostracod" Definition

noun

Any of various minute, chiefly freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a bivalve carapace.
Any of a subclass (Ostracoda) of very small aquatic crustaceans that have the body enclosed in a bivalve carapace, the body segmentation obscured, the abdomen rudimentary, and only seven pairs of appendages.