noun
common to saline lakes
• Syn: ↑Artemia salina
• Hypernyms: ↑branchiopod crustacean, ↑branchiopod, ↑branchiopodan
• Member Holonyms: ↑Artemia, ↑genus Artemia, ↑Chirocephalus, ↑genus Chirocephalus
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noun : any branchiopod crustacean of the genus Artemia
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a small crustacean, Artemia salina, of the order Anostraca, common to saline lakes, including Great Salt Lake in Utah.
[1830-40]
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brine shrimp noun
A small phyllopod crustacean of salt lakes and brine pools
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Main Entry: ↑brine
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brine shrimp,
a small crustacean found in salt lakes, salt ponds, and the like; anostracan.
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n. a small fairy shrimp that lives in brine pools and salt lakes and is used as food for aquarium fish. ● Artemia salina, class Branchiopoda
Useful english dictionary. 2012.