Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
malacostracan : as, “a malacostracous crustacean,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.
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- adjective zoology Belonging to the
Malacostraca .
Etymologies
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Malacostraca + -ous
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