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Caprella

noun

skeleton shrimp

• Syn: ↑genus Caprella

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Amphipoda, ↑order Amphipoda

• Member Meronyms: ↑skeleton shrimp

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\\kəˈprelə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin capra — more at capra

: a genus of small amphipod crustaceans that are found chiefly on seaweeds and that have a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis

Useful english dictionary. 2012.