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ORCHESTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orchestia mean?
• ORCHESTIA (noun)
The noun ORCHESTIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Orchestiidae
Familiarity information: ORCHESTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Orchestiidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Orchestia; Orchestia
Hypernyms ("Orchestia" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Orchestia"):
beach flea; sand flea; sand hopper; sandhopper (small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches)
Holonyms ("Orchestia" is a member of...):
family Orchestiidae; Orchestiidae (beach fleas)
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