mysid

n.
Any of various small, shrimplike, chiefly marine crustaceans of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch beneath the thorax. Also called opossum shrimp.

[From New Latin Mysis, Mysid-, type genus, from Greek musis, a closing, from mūein, to close the lips or eyes.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs

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