malacostraca
English Thesaurus
1. largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | euphausiacea, order euphausiacea, |
| definition | : | small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | amphipoda, order amphipoda, |
| definition | : | small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class crustacea, crustacea, |
| definition | : | class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas (noun.animal) |
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