genus artemia

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   fairy shrimp; brine shrimp

   SynonymsArtemiaChirocephalusgenus Chirocephalus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofAnostraca

Questions about genus artemia

What does genus artemia mean?

genus artemia means "fairy shrimp; brine shrimp".

What is another word for genus artemia?

Close synonyms include Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Chirocephalus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus artemia a common word?

genus artemia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.