Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malacostraca

1 sense of malacostraca

Sense 1
Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca -- (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)
       => class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)