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Webster 1913 Edition
Cumacea
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Cu-ma′ce-a
(k?-m?′sh?-? or -s?-?)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.
Definition 2024
Cumacea
Cumacea
Translingual
Proper noun
Cumacea
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Peracarida – the cumacean crustaceans.
Hypernyms
- (order): Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Peracarida - superorder
Hypernyms
- (order): Bodotriidae, Ceratocumatidae, Diastylidae, Gynodiastylidae, Lampropidae, Leuconidae, Nannastacidae, Pseudocumatidae - families