Noun malacostraca has 1 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
    --1 is a kind of class, category, family
    --1 is a member of Crustacea, class Crustacea
    --1 has members:
     malacostracan crustacean; Decapoda, order Decapoda; Euphausiacea, order Euphausiacea; Mysidacea, order Mysidacea; Isopoda, order Isopoda; Amphipoda, order Amphipoda
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