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GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chirocephalus mean?
• GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fairy shrimp; brine shrimp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus
Hypernyms ("genus Chirocephalus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chirocephalus"):
fairy shrimp (small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back)
Artemia salina; brine shrimp (common to saline lakes)
Holonyms ("genus Chirocephalus" is a member of...):
Anostraca; order Anostraca (small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps)
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