MYSIDACEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mysidacea mean? 

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

1. opossum shrimp

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYSIDACEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Opossum shrimp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mysidacea; order Mysidacea

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Mysidacea"):

family Mysidae; Mysidae (small shrimp-like crustaceans)

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

Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)