Associations to the word «Ostracod»

Wiktionary

OSTRACOD, noun. Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.

Dictionary definition

OSTRACOD, noun. Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats