mysis

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mysis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mysis \My"sis\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? 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.
     [1913 Webster]

mysis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mysis
      n 1: type genus of the family Mysidae [syn: Mysis, genus Mysis
           ]