Definition of Caprella

1. Noun. Skeleton shrimp.

Exact synonyms: Genus Caprella
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Amphipoda, Order Amphipoda
Member holonyms: Skeleton Shrimp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprella

Cappadocians
Capparidaceae
Capparis
Capparis arborea
Capparis cynophallophora
Capparis flexuosa
Capparis mitchellii
Capparis spinosa
Capps
Capps' reflex
Capra
Capra aegagrus
Capra falconeri
Capra hircus
Capra ibex
Caprella (current term)
Capreolus
Capreolus capreolus
Capri
Capricorn
Capricorn the Goat
Capricornian
Capricornians
Capricornis
Capricorns
Capricornus
Caprifoliaceae
Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgus

Literary usage of Caprella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Text Book: An Introduction to the Natural History by John Obadiah Westwood (1838)
"The Caprella phasma of Montague (Cancer Caprella phasma. linearis Linn. ?) is described by Mr. Montague in the seventh volume of the Linnaean Transactions, ..."

2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"Caprella spinosissima (after Bell) Fig. 4. Caprella longicollis (after Lucas). ... Caprella tenella (after Dana) Fig. 7. Caprella attenuata (after Dana). ..."

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