TRIOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Triops mean? 

• TRIOPS (noun)
  The noun TRIOPS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye

  Familiarity information: TRIOPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIOPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Triops; Triops

Hypernyms ("Triops" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Triops"):

tadpole shrimp (a kind of branchiopod crustacean)

Holonyms ("Triops" is a member of...):

Branchiopoda; subclass Branchiopoda (primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas)