FAIRY SHRIMP

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Meaning:

Small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fairy shrimp" is a kind of...):

branchiopod; branchiopod crustacean; branchiopodan (aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding)

Holonyms ("fairy shrimp" is a member of...):

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

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