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Artemia

noun

fairy shrimp; brine shrimp

• Syn: ↑genus Artemia, ↑Chirocephalus, ↑genus Chirocephalus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anostraca, ↑order Anostraca

• Member Meronyms: ↑fairy shrimp, ↑brine shrimp, ↑Artemia salina

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\\ärˈtēmēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Artemis, Greek goddess of forests and hills (from Latin, from Greek) + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a genus of crustaceans (order Anostraca) found in salt lakes and the brines of saltworks

2. -s : any crustacean of the genus Artemia : brine shrimp

Useful english dictionary. 2012.