GENUS ORCHESTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orchestia mean? 

• GENUS ORCHESTIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ORCHESTIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Orchestiidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ORCHESTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Orchestiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Orchestia; Orchestia

Hypernyms ("genus Orchestia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Orchestia"):

beach flea; sand flea; sand hopper; sandhopper (small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches)

Holonyms ("genus Orchestia" is a member of...):

family Orchestiidae; Orchestiidae (beach fleas)