NOTOSTRACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Notostraca mean? 

• NOTOSTRACA (noun)
  The noun NOTOSTRACA has 1 sense:

1. small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace

  Familiarity information: NOTOSTRACA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTOSTRACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Notostraca; order Notostraca

Hypernyms ("Notostraca" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Notostraca"):

family Triopidae; Triopidae (a family of Notostraca)

Holonyms ("Notostraca" is a member of...):

Branchiopoda; subclass Branchiopoda (primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas)