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GENUS MYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mysis mean?
• GENUS MYSIS (noun)
The noun GENUS MYSIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Mysidae
Familiarity information: GENUS MYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Mysidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mysis; Mysis
Hypernyms ("genus Mysis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mysis"):
opossum shrimp (shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs)
Holonyms ("genus Mysis" is a member of...):
family Mysidae; Mysidae (small shrimp-like crustaceans)
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