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Mysidacea

noun

opossum shrimp

• Syn: ↑order Mysidacea

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca

• Member Meronyms: ↑Mysidae, ↑family Mysidae

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\\ˌmisəˈdāshēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Mysid-, Mysis, + -acea

: an order of Crustacea including the Mysidae and related families and formerly with the Euphausiacea constituting the Schizopoda — see opossum shrimp

Useful english dictionary. 2012.