noun
fairy shrimp; brine shrimp
• Syn: ↑genus Artemia, ↑Chirocephalus, ↑genus Chirocephalus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anostraca, ↑order Anostraca
• Member Meronyms: ↑fairy shrimp, ↑brine shrimp, ↑Artemia salina
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\\ärˈtēmēə\ nounEtymology: New Latin, irregular from Artemis, Greek goddess of forests and hills (from Latin, from Greek) + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of crustaceans (order Anostraca) found in salt lakes and the brines of saltworks
Useful english dictionary. 2012.