Ar*thros"tra*ca, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. joint + a shell.] Zool.
One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.
© Webster 1913.
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