MALACOSTRACAN

Meaning of MALACOSTRACAN in English

[mal.a.cos.tra.can] n [ultim. fr. Gk malakostrakos soft-shelled, fr. malakos soft + ostrakon shell--more at mollify, oyster] (1835): any of a large subclass (Malacostraca) of crustaceans having a thorax consisting of eight segments usu. covered by a carapace and including the decapods and isopods -- malacostracan adj

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MALACOSTRACAN — noun see: mollify Date: 1835 any of a large subclass (Malacostraca) of crustaceans having a thorax consisting of eight segments …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MALACOSTRACAN — adjective or noun see malacostraca
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALACOSTRACAN — (n.) One of the Malacostraca.
Английский словарь Webster
MALACOSTRACAN — ( n. ) One of the Malacostraca.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALACOSTRACAN — /mal'euh kos"treuh keuhn/ , adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MALACOSTRACAN — n. member of a group of crustaceans; member of the Malacostraca
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MALACOSTRACAN — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek malakostrakos soft-shelled, from malakos soft + ostrakon shell — more at mollify , oyster Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALACOSTRACAN — noun one of the malacostraca.
Webster English vocab
MALACOSTRACAN — (class Malacostraca), any member of a widely distributed crustacean group of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial invertebrates. Malacostracans typically are free-living, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MALACOSTRACAN — n. & adj. --n. any crustacean of the class Malacostraca, including crabs, shrimps, lobsters, and krill. --adj. of or relating …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MALACOSTRACAN — n. & adj. n. any crustacean of the class Malacostraca, including crabs, shrimps, lobsters, and krill. adj. of or relating …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MALACOSTRACAN — n. & adj. --n. any crustacean of the class Malacostraca, including crabs, shrimps, lobsters, and krill. --adj. of or relating …
Oxford English vocab
MALACOSTRACAN — n. Pronunciation: ˌ ma-l ə - ' käs-tri-k ə n Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek malakostrakos soft-shelled, from malakos …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MALACOSTRACAN ZOOLOGY — malacostracan Zoology [ ˌmalə'kɒstrək(ə)n ] ■ noun a crustacean of the large class Malacostraca, which includes crabs, shrimps, and lobsters, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EUPHAUSIID — noun Etymology: New Latin Euphausia, genus of crustaceans Date: 1885 any of an order (Euphausiacea) of small usually luminescent malacostracan …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TANAIDACEA — ˌtanēəˈdāshēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Tanaid-, Tanais, genus of crustaceans (from Latin Tanais the river Don, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ISOPODA — īˈsäpədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from is- + -poda : a large order of small sessil-eyed malacostracan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRESHWATER SHRIMP — noun 1. : a member of the malacostracan order Amphipoda ; especially : a member of a common genus ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EUPHAUSIACEA — (ˌ)yüˌfȯzēˈāshēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Euphausia, included genus (perhaps from eu- + Greek pha- — from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EUMALACOSTRACA — (|)yü+ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Malacostraca : a group of malacostracan crustaceans comprising all …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUMACEA — kyüˈmāshēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Cuma, type genus (irregular from Greek kyma sprout, wave, anything swollen) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPHIPODA — amˈfipədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from amphi- + -poda : a large group, usually an order, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYSID — /muy"sid/ , n. 1. any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, esp. of the genus Mysis. adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSID — n. member of the malacostracan order (especially opossum shrimps)
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EUPHAUSIID — noun Etymology: New Latin Euphausia, genus of crustaceans Date: 1885 : any of an order (Euphausiacea) of small usually luminescent …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALACO- — [ 'maləkəʊ ] ■ combining form soft: malacostracan. Origin from Gk malakos 'soft'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
EUPHAUSIID — [eu.phau.si.id] n [NL Euphausia, genus of crustaceans] (ca. 1893): any of an order (Euphausiacea) of small usu. luminescent malacostracan crustaceans …
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