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OPOSSUM SHRIMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("opossum shrimp" is a kind of...):
malacostracan crustacean (a major subclass of crustaceans)
Holonyms ("opossum shrimp" is a member of...):
genus Mysis; Mysis (type genus of the family Mysidae)
genus Praunus; Praunus (a genus of Mysidae)