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CAPRELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Caprella mean?
• CAPRELLA (noun)
The noun CAPRELLA has 1 sense:
1. skeleton shrimp
Familiarity information: CAPRELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skeleton shrimp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caprella; genus Caprella
Hypernyms ("Caprella" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Caprella"):
skeleton shrimp (small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed)
Holonyms ("Caprella" is a member of...):
Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)
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