TRIOPS
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)
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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"The beauty of things lies in the mind that contemplates it" (English proverb)
"All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them." (Native American proverb, Arapaho)
"He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything." (Arabic proverb)
"Better safe than sorry." (Croatian proverb)
Page delivered in 0.0412 seconds
|
