genus Artemia

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Artemia - fairy shrimp; brine shrimp Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Chirocephalusarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsAnostraca, order Anostraca - small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimpsfairy shrimp - small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its backArtemia salina, brine shrimp - common to saline lakes