Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Mysidœ, founded by Latreille in 1802. M. chameleon is a common species of the North Atlantic. See
opossum-shrimp .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the family Mysidae
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Bob the guide was explaining mysis shrimp techniques in the Toilet Bowl Run, brought to us by Lysol, on the ConAgra Wesson Oil Frying Pan River ... or ...
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Etymologically, the word missa is neither (as Baronius states) from a Hebrew word, nor from the Greek mysis, but is simply derived from missio, just as oblata is derived from oblatio, collecta from collectio, and ulta from ultio.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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And I've got a killer mysis shrimp pattern for those tailwaters!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local nogop 2010
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And I've got a killer mysis shrimp pattern for those tailwaters!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local mindcrash 2010
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And I've got a killer mysis shrimp pattern for those tailwaters!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local perplexedandsaddened 2010
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And I've got a killer mysis shrimp pattern for those tailwaters! perplexedandsaddened wrote: you say to think for yourselves people .... and yet you won't even acknowledge that your examples were cases of evil people using Religion as a means to control.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local nogop 2010
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As always, mysis shrimp remain on the diet of all the fish in the top mile below the dam.
Aspen Times - Top Stories Kirk Webb Special to The Aspen Times Aspen 2010
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And I've got a killer mysis shrimp pattern for those tailwaters!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local [KW] 2010
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On the other hand, the plethora of introduced species in Montana's waters could certainly fit that description ... from mysis shrimp to walleye.
Missoula Independent George Ochenski 2010
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And I've got a killer mysis shrimp pattern for those tailwaters!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local mindcrash 2010
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