subclass malacostraca

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMalacostraca

   Broaderclass

   Part ofCrustacea

Questions about subclass malacostraca

What does subclass malacostraca mean?

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

What is another word for subclass malacostraca?

Close synonyms include Malacostraca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subclass malacostraca a common word?

subclass malacostraca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.