OPOSSUM SHRIMP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs

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Nouns denoting animals

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

malacostracan crustacean (a major subclass of crustaceans)

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

genus Mysis; Mysis (type genus of the family Mysidae)

genus Praunus; Praunus (a genus of Mysidae)

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