Leptostraca

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leptostraca \Lep*tos"tra*ca\ (l[e^]p*t[o^]s"tr[.a]*k[.a]), n.
     pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lepto`s thin, slender + 'o`strakon shell of
     a testacean.] (Zool.)
     An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.
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