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GENUS CAPRELLA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caprella mean?

• GENUS CAPRELLA (noun)
The noun GENUS CAPRELLA has 1 sense:

1. skeleton shrimp

Familiarity information: GENUS CAPRELLA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS CAPRELLA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Caprella ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Skeleton shrimp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caprella; genus Caprella

Hypernyms ("genus Caprella" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Caprella"):

skeleton shrimp (small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed)

Holonyms ("genus Caprella" is a member of...):

Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)

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