Definition of Malacastraca
||Mal`a*cos"tra*ca (?), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. &?; soft + &?; shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.)
A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and
Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Translingual
- a taxonomic class, within subphylum Crustacea - most crustacea - crabs, lobsters, shrimps etc.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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