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English noun: Malacostraca

1. Malacostraca (animal) largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies


Synonymssubclass Malacostraca


Broader (hypernym)class


Member holonymAmphipoda, Decapoda, Euphausiacea, Isopoda, malacostracan crustacean, Mysidacea, order Amphipoda, order Decapoda, order Euphausiacea, order Isopoda, order Mysidacea


Member meronymclass Crustacea, Crustacea









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