ANOSTRACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anostraca mean? 

• ANOSTRACA (noun)
  The noun ANOSTRACA has 1 sense:

1. small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps

  Familiarity information: ANOSTRACA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOSTRACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anostraca; order Anostraca

Hypernyms ("Anostraca" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Anostraca"):

Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus (fairy shrimp; brine shrimp)

Holonyms ("Anostraca" is a member of...):

Branchiopoda; subclass Branchiopoda (primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas)