MYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mysis mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Mysidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Mysidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mysis; Mysis

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Mysis"):

opossum shrimp (shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs)

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

family Mysidae; Mysidae (small shrimp-like crustaceans)