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Definition of Orchestia
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Orchestiidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchestiidae, Orchestiidae
Member holonyms: Beach Flea, Sand Flea, Sand Hopper, Sandhopper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchestia
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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