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Webster 1913 Edition

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(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

See also: artemia, Artemia, and artêmia

artémia f (plural artémias) (European orthography)