Definition of Orchestia

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Orchestiidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Orchestia
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchestiidae, Orchestiidae
Member holonyms: Beach Flea, Sand Flea, Sand Hopper, Sandhopper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchestia

Orangemen
Orangewoman
Orangewomen
Orangey
Orangies
Orasone
Orbeli effect
Orbignya
Orbignya cohune
Orbignya martiana
Orbignya phalerata
Orbignya spesiosa
Orbison
Orcadian
Orcadians
Orchestia (current term)
Orchestiidae
Orchidaceae
Orchidales
Orchis mascula
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis
Orchomenos
Orchomenus
Orcinus
Orcinus orca
Orcus
Orczy
Ord
Ord kangaroo rat

Literary usage of Orchestia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Orchestia agilis is somewhat less strongly positive since, ... It was found that when the terrestrial Orchestia agilis were thrown into sea water their ..."

2. A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1863)
"Liljeborg had also, in his account of the Crustacea collected by Dueben in Norway in 1844, noticed the sexual distinctions of Orchestia littorea, ..."

3. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1863)
"Liljeborg had also, in his account of the Crustacea collected by Dueben in Norway in 1844', noticed the sexual distinctions of Orchestia ..."

4. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum by Adam White (1847)
"Orchestia longicornis, Edw. Ann. Sc. Nat. xx. 361. Crust, iii. ... I. of Tristan d'Acunha. Presented by Capt. Carmichael. Orchestia ..."

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