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Definition of Natantia
1. Noun. Shrimp; prawns; etc..
Exact synonyms: Suborder Natantia
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Decapoda, Order Decapoda
Member holonyms: Crangonidae, Family Crangonidae, Family Palaemonidae, Palaemonidae, Family Peneidae, Peneidae
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Decapoda, Order Decapoda
Member holonyms: Crangonidae, Family Crangonidae, Family Palaemonidae, Palaemonidae, Family Peneidae, Peneidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natantia
Literary usage of Natantia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"He makes 10 orders, as follows : 1, natantia, or herbivorous and carnivorous
cetaceans, with evident relations with fishes ; 2, reptantia, or monotremata ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Cetacea (Mammalia natantia}. These oils are obtained from the cetacea, an order
of verte- brated ..."
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