Artemia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Artemia \Ar*te"mi*a\ ([aum]r*t[e^]"m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'A`rtemis, a Greek goddess.] (Zool.)
     A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and
     brines; the brine shrimp. See {Brine shrimp}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Artemia
       n : fairy shrimp; brine shrimp [syn: {genus Artemia}, {Chirocephalus},
            {genus Chirocephalus}]