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mysis

mysis noun: a set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.

Noun

mysis (uncountable)

  1. A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.

Origin of mysis

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ειν (mū́ein, “to close”, used of the lips or eyes).

Questions about mysis

What does mysis mean?
Mysis means a set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.
What part of speech is mysis?
Mysis is a noun.

Words near mysis in the dictionary

  1. mysidaceans
  2. myside
  3. myside bias
  4. mysids
  5. mysiotomy
  6. mysis
  7. Myslinski
  8. Myslinskis
  9. Mysliwiec
  10. Mysliwiecs
  11. Myslobodsky

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