- family Orchestiidae
- nounbeach fleas• Syn: ↑Orchestiidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Amphipoda, ↑order Amphipoda• Member Meronyms: ↑Orchestia, ↑genus Orchestia
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family Orchestiidae
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Orchestiidae — noun beach fleas • Syn: ↑family Orchestiidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Amphipoda, ↑order Amphipoda • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Orchestia — noun type genus of the family Orchestiidae • Syn: ↑genus Orchestia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchestiidae, ↑family Orchestiidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Orchestia — noun type genus of the family Orchestiidae • Syn: ↑Orchestia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchestiidae, ↑family Orchestiidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
orchestiid — I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷|kestēə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Orchestiidae, family of crustaceans, from Orchestia, type genus + idae : of or relating to the genus Orchestia or the family Orchestiidae II. noun ( s) : an orchestiid crustacean … Useful english dictionary
Amphipoda — noun small flat bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand hoppers; skeleton shrimp • Syn: ↑order Amphipoda • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca … Useful english dictionary
order Amphipoda — noun small flat bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand hoppers; skeleton shrimp • Syn: ↑Amphipoda • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca … Useful english dictionary
beachflea — beach flea n. Any of various small, jumping crustaceans of the family Orchestiidae, living on sandy beaches at or near the tide line. Also called sand hopper. * * * … Universalium
beach flea — noun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches • Syn: ↑sand hopper, ↑sandhopper, ↑sand flea • Hypernyms: ↑amphipod • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchestia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
