Mysis

My´sis

prop. n.

1.

(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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Mysis - type genus of the family Mysidae     genus Mysis arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods family Mysidae, Mysidae - small shrimp-like crustaceans opossum shrimp - shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs