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    GENUS CAPRELLA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Skeleton shrimpplay

    Synonyms:

    Caprella; genus Caprella

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Caprella" is a kind of...):

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Caprella"):

    skeleton shrimp (small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed)

    Holonyms ("genus Caprella" is a member of...):

    Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)

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