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ANOSTRACA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps
Synonyms:
Anostraca; order Anostraca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Anostraca" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Anostraca"):
Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus (fairy shrimp; brine shrimp)
Holonyms ("Anostraca" is a member of...):
Branchiopoda; subclass Branchiopoda (primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas)
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