ostracod

English

ostracods (Euphilomedes climax)

Alternative forms

• ostracode
• ostracoid (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστρακώδης (ostrakṓdēs, “covered with shell”), from ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “clay pot; shell”); compare translingual Ostracoda.

Noun

ostracod (plural ostracods)

1. Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.
   • 1990, Anne Van Frausum, Karel Wouters, “39: Ostracoda from Holocene calcareous tufa deposits in southern Belgium: a palaeoenvironmental analysis”, in R. Whatley, C. Maybury, editors, Ostracoda and Global Events, page 509:

     Considering all the ecological data, there seems to be an evolution in the associations of ostracods throughout time.

   • 2000, Robin J. Smith, Koen Martens, “The ontology of the cypridid ostracod Eucypris virens (Jurine, 1820) (Crustacea, Ostracoda)”, in David J. Horne, Koen Martens, editors, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Ostracoda, page 31:

     This study has also shown that the fifth limb is most probably of thoracic origin and hence ostracods have only one pair of maxillae.

   • 2012, Ivana Karanovic, Recent Freshwater Ostracods of the World: Crustacea, Ostracoda, Podocopida, page 64:

     A number of parasites and epibionts have been reported from freshwater ostracods, including cestodes, protozoans, helminthes, peritrichs, and acanthocephalans (Griffits and Evans 1994).

Synonyms

• (any species of Ostracoda): seed shrimp

Translations

member of Ostracoda

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 介形蟲 / 介形虫 (jièxíngchóng)

• Finnish: raakkuäyriäinen
• Japanese: 貝虫 (かいむし, kaimushi), カイムシ
• Latin: ostracod
• Polish: małżoraczek m
• Spanish: ostracod

Anagrams

• cat doors, cortados

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ostracode.

Noun

ostracod n (plural ostracode)

1. ostracod

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ostracod	ostracodul		ostracode	ostracodele
genitive-dative	ostracod	ostracodului		ostracode	ostracodelor
vocative	ostracodule			ostracodelor