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Webster 1913 Edition
Mysis
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My′sis
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a closing of the lips or eyes.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.