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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:

1. fairy shrimp; brine shrimpplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS (noun)


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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