Malacostraca

Meaning of Malacostraca

plural noun

a large class of crustaceans which includes crabs, shrimps, lobsters, isopods, and amphipods. They have compound eyes, which are typically on stalks.

modern Latin (plural), from malaco- ‘soft’ + Greek ostrakon ‘shell’.

Information about Malacostraca

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Hyphenation of Malacostraca

Mala-cos-traca

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
  • Malacostraca is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with Malacostraca

raca, Baraca, araca, jararaca, maraca, Braca, braca, Desmothoraca, Anostraca, Arthrostraca, Conchostraca, Entomostraca, Gigantostraca, Heterostraca, Leptostraca, Notostraca, Palaeostraca, Thoracostraca, Thyrostraca, anostraca, endostraca, entomostraca, malacostraca, notostraca, ostraca, pectostraca, periostraca

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