Mysis

2 definitions found

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

  Mysis \My"sis\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a closing of the lips
     or eyes.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mysis
       n : type genus of the family Mysidae [syn: {genus Mysis}]