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GENUS MYSIS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Mysidae

Synonyms:

genus Mysis; Mysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mysis"):

opossum shrimp (shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs)

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

family Mysidae; Mysidae (small shrimp-like crustaceans)

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