BRINE SHRIMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brine shrimp mean? 

• BRINE SHRIMP (noun)
  The noun BRINE SHRIMP has 1 sense:

1. common to saline lakes

  Familiarity information: BRINE SHRIMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRINE SHRIMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common to saline lakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Artemia salina; brine shrimp

Hypernyms ("brine shrimp" is a kind of...):

branchiopod; branchiopod crustacean; branchiopodan (aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding)

Holonyms ("brine shrimp" is a member of...):

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