Orchestia

noun

type genus of the family Orchestiidae

• Syn: ↑genus Orchestia

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchestiidae, ↑family Orchestiidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑beach flea, ↑sand hopper, ↑sandhopper, ↑sand flea

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\\ȯ(r)ˈkestēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek orchēstēs dancer (from orcheisthai to dance, leap) + New Latin -ia

: a genus (the type of the family Orchestiidae) of semiterrestrial amphipod cructaceans comprising the widely distributed beach fleas of sandy seacoasts