See Also: malacostracan(medicine)
malacostracan(dictionary)

malacostracan (iou)



malacostracan noun & adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Malacostraca (see below), Greek malakostraka, from malakos soft + ostrakon shell: see -AN.]
A. noun. Any crustacean of the class Malacostraca, which includes shrimps, crabs, lobsters, isopods, and amphipods. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the class Malacostraca. M19.
malacostracous adjective = MALACOSTRACAN adjective M19.