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cyprid

9.9

A tiny freshwater animal with a hard two-part shell found in ponds

noun
/ˈsɪprɪd/

Specialized

: cípido

Children collected water samples and discovered a tiny cyprid swimming among the plants.

Examples

A cyprid can often be found in ponds and slow-moving streams.
The scientist examined the cyprid under a microscope to study its shell structure.
The cyprid is often found in freshwater ponds.
Many cyprids inhabit shallow waters.
The scientist examined the cyprid under a microscope to study its shell structure.
Children collected water samples and discovered a tiny cyprid swimming among the plants.
A cyprid can often be found in ponds and slow-moving streams.

Synonyms

Ostracoda

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Specialized

1 9.6

Small water animals called seed shrimps with a hard shell that opens in two halves

is a freshwater, taxonomically narrower member of that larger group

Surface Forms

cyprid singular

cyprids plural

Morphology

cyprid = Cypris (opaque) = Cypris + id

The word is formed from a taxonomic genus name plus the suffix '-id' to indicate membership, which is specialized and not transparent to general learners.

Etymology

The word cyprid for the small freshwater 'seed shrimp' comes from the old name Cypris, which goes back to Cyprus ('an island') and was used for tiny shelled crustaceans. That's why a cyprid is a tiny bivalved crustacean you can find in ponds and streams.