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FAIRY SHRIMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fairy shrimp" is a kind of...):
branchiopod; branchiopod crustacean; branchiopodan (aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding)
Holonyms ("fairy shrimp" is a member of...):
Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus (fairy shrimp; brine shrimp)