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‖ Mysis|ˈmaɪsɪs|
[mod.L. (Latreille 1802), perh. a. Gr. µύσις closing of lips or eyes.]
The typical genus of Mysidæ or opossum-shrimps.
1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 80/2 The second pair of antennæ are inserted below the preceding, as in Mysis. 1891Daily News 29 Jan. 5/2 The shrimp-like mysis.
b. Used attrib. to denote the stage of certain decapods in which they resemble the genus Mysis.
1865Q. Jrnl. Sci. II. 508 This Zöea-phase afterwards gives place to one which can only be called a Mysis-phase. 1872Darwin Orig. Spec. xiv. 390 The mysis-stage. |