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Webster 1913 Edition


Artemia

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Ar-te′mi-a

(är-tĕ′mĭ-ȧ)
,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
Ἄρτεμις
, a Greek goddess.]
(Zool.)
A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See
Brine shrimp
.