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CHIROCEPHALUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fairy shrimp; brine shrimp

Synonyms:

Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Chirocephalus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Chirocephalus"):

fairy shrimp (small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back)

Artemia salina; brine shrimp (common to saline lakes)

Holonyms ("Chirocephalus" is a member of...):

Anostraca; order Anostraca (small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps)

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