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Definition of Genus Chirocephalus

1. Noun. Fairy shrimp; brine shrimp.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chirocephalus

Literary usage of Genus Chirocephalus

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

1. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1854)
"... which are two-jointed, approaching in this respect to the genus Chirocephalus—and it is destitute of caudal fins, resembling in this structure the genus ..."

2. The Natural History of the British Entomostraca by William Baird (1850)
"... in the ' Manuel du Naturaliste,' Prevost, and Jurine, and by King, Shaw, &c., in England, are all clearly referable to the genus Chirocephalus. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"As to C, the genus Chirocephalus, I have reason to suspect in the lobed and prolonged frontal tentacles only a product caused by either chemico-physical or ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"As to C, the genus Chirocephalus, I have reason to suspect in it the winter form of Streptocephalus. The successive appearance of ..."

5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"As to C, the genus Chirocephalus, I have reason to suspect in it the winter form of Streptocephalus. The successive appearance of ..."

6. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1848)
"The differences are so great and well-marked, that it is necessary to refer them to the genus Chirocephalus of Prévost, so beautifully figured at the end of ..."

7. Annual Report by University of Minnesota Board of Regents (1879)
"... of the second pair in the female very short and broad, while those of the male are prehensible. GENUS Chirocephalus. (Sig. hand-headed.) Bibliography. ..."

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