mysid

mysid
/muy"sid/, n.
1. any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, esp. of the genus Mysis.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to such shrimps.
[1940-45; < NL Mysidae a family of the order, equiv. to Mys(is) the type genus ( < Gk mýsis shutting ((ein) to shut (the mouth, eyes, or other openings) + -sis -SIS)) + -idae -ID2]

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