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    GENUS CHIROCEPHALUS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Fairy shrimp; brine shrimpplay

    Synonyms:

    Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Chirocephalus" is a member of...):

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

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