genus triops

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   type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye

   SynonymsTriops

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofBranchiopoda

Questions about genus triops

What does genus triops mean?

genus triops means "type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye".

What is another word for genus triops?

Close synonyms include Triops. 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 triops a common word?

genus triops 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.