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Definition of Caprella
1. Noun. Skeleton shrimp.
Exact synonyms: Genus Caprella
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Amphipoda, Order Amphipoda
Member holonyms: Skeleton Shrimp
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Amphipoda, Order Amphipoda
Member holonyms: Skeleton Shrimp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprella
Literary usage of Caprella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Text Book: An Introduction to the Natural History by John Obadiah Westwood (1838)
"The caprella phasma of Montague (Cancer caprella phasma. linearis Linn. ?)
is described by Mr. Montague in the seventh volume of the Linnaean Transactions, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"caprella spinosissima (after Bell) Fig. 4. caprella longicollis (after Lucas).
... caprella tenella (after Dana) Fig. 7. caprella attenuata (after Dana). ..."
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