noun
small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps
• Syn: ↑order Anostraca
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiopoda, ↑subclass Branchiopoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Artemia, ↑genus Artemia, ↑Chirocephalus, ↑genus Chirocephalus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.