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‖ Cypris Zool.|ˈsaɪprɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. κύπρις Aphrodite. (Names of Venus are applied to many shells.)]
A genus of minute fresh-water crustacea, having the body enclosed in a delicate bivalve shell.
1832Lyell Princ. Geol. II. 275 This cypris inhabits the lakes and ponds of England, where it is not uncommon. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 63 Tiny cyprides and cyclopes disporting in the umbrageous groves of their world. |