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SEED SHRIMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
Synonyms:
mussel shrimp; ostracod; seed shrimp
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("seed shrimp" is a kind of...):
crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
Holonyms ("seed shrimp" is a member of...):
Ostracoda; subclass Ostracoda (seed shrimps)