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ANOSTRACA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps

Synonyms:

Anostraca; order Anostraca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Anostraca"):

Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus (fairy shrimp; brine shrimp)

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

Branchiopoda; subclass Branchiopoda (primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas)

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