esˈthirēə, eˈsti- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from the name Esther + New Latin -ia
: a genus (sometimes made the type of the family Estheriidae) of small branchiopod crustaceans in which the carapace is developed into a bivalve shell not unlike that of some mollusks and enclosing the whole body
• es·the·ri·an (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷rēən adjective or noun