Malacostraca

Definition: Malacostraca

Malacostraca

Noun

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

Date "Malacostraca" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

Etymology: Malacostraca \Mal`a*cos"tra*ca\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression soft shell of testacean.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Malacostraca

Synonym: subclass Malacostraca (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Malacostraca

English words defined with "Malacostraca": Malacostracan, Malacostracous ♦ Schizopoda, subclass Malacostraca. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Malacostraca

Domain	Title
Books	A Key to British Freshwater Crustacea: Malacostraca (reference) Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Crustacea Malacostraca - Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Euc (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression: Malacostraca

Expression using "Malacostraca": subclass Malacostraca. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Malacostraca

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
malacostraca	4
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Modern Translations: Malacostraca

Language		Translations for "malacostraca"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		alacostracamay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Malacostraca

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Malacostraca": malacostracan, malacostracans. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Malacostraca"

Words rhyming with "Malacostraca" (pronounced 'Mal`a*cos"tra*ca'): Amphibiotica, Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Arnica, Arthrostraca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endoplastica, Endotheca, Entomostraca, Epitheca, Erica, Eruca, Exotheca, Felucca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Gonotheca, harmonica, hepatica, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Hydrotheca, Hypotheca, Inca, japonica, Jararaca, Lactuca, Lectica, Leptostraca, lorica, majolica, malacca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Narica, natica, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Pectostraca, Perca, Phoca, Phytolacca, Pica, Pinacotheca, Plica, Podotheca, Polacca, Polygastrica, Portulaca, Postfurca, Quica, Raca, replica, Rhamphotheca, Rhinotheca, Sicca, silica, Spermatheca, Spica, Styca, tapioca, theca, Theorica, Thoracica, Thoracostraca, Trica, Urtica, Utica, Venatica, VERONICA, Verruca, Vesica, Vomica, Yacca, Yunca, Zimocca. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Malacostraca

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-c-l-m-o-r-s-t"
	-3 letters: sarcomata.
	-4 letters: atamasco, calamars, caracals, caracols, malaccas, tamaraos.
	-5 letters: alastor, amatols, amtracs, calamar, calcars, caracal, caracol, cascara, catalos, clamors, cloacas, coastal, lactams, macacos, malacca, maracas, marasca, marcato, marsala, mascara, mortals, ostraca, sarcoma, scrotal, stromal, tamarao, taramas, tarmacs.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-a-c-c-l-m-o-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: malacostracan.
	+2 letters: malacostracans.
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