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mysis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mysis has 1 sense
- mysis(n = noun.animal) genus mysis - type genus of the family Mysidae; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family mysidae, mysidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
mysis, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. a closing of the lips or eyes.].
A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales. [1913 Webster]
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