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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See mysid.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A schizopodous crustacean or shrimp of the family Mysidæ: so called because the females carry their eggs in pouches between the thoracic legs. See Mysis.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
- n. (Zoöl.) See under Opossum.
WordNet 3.0
- n. shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
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