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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small, shrimplike, chiefly marine crustaceans of the order Mysida, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch beneath the thorax.
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- noun zoology Any member of the Mysidae.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And on Aug. 2, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that its lab tests had uncovered relatively little difference in toxicity to the inland silverside and crustaceans called mysid shrimp of several different oil-dispersant mixtures compared with oil alone.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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None of the dispersants appeared to disrupt the animals 'endocrine activity, according to the results, and EPA issued a statement saying it found "JD-2000 and Corexit 9500 were generally less toxic to small fish and JD-2000 and SAF-RON GOLD were least toxic to mysid shrimp."
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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Researchers tested the dispersants on mysid shrimp and inland silverside fish.
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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Researchers tested the dispersants on mysid shrimp and inland silverside fish.
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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However, it was middle of the pack in terms of its toxicity to mysid shrimp.
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None of the dispersants appeared to disrupt the animals 'endocrine activity, according to the results, and EPA issued a statement saying it found "JD-2000 and Corexit 9500 were generally less toxic to small fish and JD-2000 and SAF-RON GOLD were least toxic to mysid shrimp."
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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None of the dispersants appeared to disrupt the animals 'endocrine activity, according to the results, and EPA issued a statement saying it found "JD-2000 and Corexit 9500 were generally less toxic to small fish and JD-2000 and SAF-RON GOLD were least toxic to mysid shrimp."
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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Researchers tested the dispersants on mysid shrimp and inland silverside fish.
Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest 2010
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They fear life is choked by the clouds and that chemicals in the clouds will poison plankton and sea larvae before making their way into animals higher up the tested eight dispersants on small fish and mysid shrimp, including the one BP is using on the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Corexit 9500, made by Nalco Holding Co.
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Oil on its own was about as toxic to mysid shrimp as the dispersant-oil mixtures, except for the mixture of oil with Nokomis 3-AA, which was more toxic than oil alone.
Scientific American 2010
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