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NEPHROPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nephrops mean?
• NEPHROPS (noun)
The noun NEPHROPS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Nephropsidae
Familiarity information: NEPHROPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Nephropsidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nephrops; Nephrops
Hypernyms ("Nephrops" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("Nephrops" is a member of...):
family Nephropsidae; Nephropsidae (in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae)
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