cumacean

From translingual Cumacea +‎ -an, from the genus Cuma. Further from Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave; fetus, embryo”), Proto-Hellenic *kūmə and Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /kjuˈmeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

cumacean (plural cumaceans)

1. (taxonomy, zoology) Any small marine crustacean of the order Cumacea, closely related to tanaidaceans.

   Synonyms: hooded shrimp, comma shrimp

   Hyponyms: bodotriid, ceratocumatid, diastylid, gynodiastylid, lampropid, leuconid, nannastacid, pseudocumatid

• comma shrimp (by eggcorn with Cuma/Cumacea)

cumacean (comparative more cumacean, superlative most cumacean)

1. (taxonomy, zoology) Relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Cumacea.

   Hyponyms: bodotriid, ceratocumatid, diastylid, gynodiastylid, lampropid, leuconid, nannastacid, pseudocumatid

   • 2015 November 12, “Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     From the second sampling campaign, two cumacean species collected at Isla D and polychaetes (suborder Terebellida, family Ampharetidae) were added to the dataset.

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