Meanings
plural cumaceans
- biologyAny small marine crustacean of the order Cumacea, closely related to tanaidaceans.
Synonyms: hooded shrimp, comma shrimp
comparative more cumacean · superlative most cumacean
- biologyRelating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Cumacea.
From the second sampling campaign, two cumacean species collected at Isla D and polychaetes (suborder Terebellida, family Ampharetidae) were added to the dataset.
2015 November 12, “Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny small marine crustacean of the order Cumacea, closely related to tanaidaceans.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
- Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)
- Ancient Greekκῦμᾰ (kûmă)
- taxonomic nameCumacea
- Englishcumacean
From taxonomic name 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”).
More words from Ancient Greek, Proto-Hellenic, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 漣蟲 /涟虫
- 漣蟲 /涟虫 (liánchóng)individual of the Cumacea
Danish kommakrebs
- kommakrebsindividual of the Cumacea
Dutch zeekomma, tonkreeftje
- zeekommaindividual of the Cumacea
- tonkreeftjeindividual of the Cumacea
Finnish kuuppaäyriäinen
- kuuppaäyriäinenindividual of the Cumacea
French cumacé
- cumacéindividual of the Cumacea
Icelandic pungrækja
- pungrækjaindividual of the Cumacea
Italian cumaceo
- cumaceoindividual of the Cumacea
Japanese クーマ
- クーマ (kūma)individual of the Cumacea
Portuguese cumáceo
- cumáceoindividual of the Cumacea
Russian ку́мовый, ку́мовый ра́к
- ку́мовый (kúmovyj)individual of the Cumacea
- ку́мовый ра́к (kúmovyj rák)individual of the Cumacea
- ку́мовый (kúmovyj)Translations
Spanish cumáceo
- cumáceoindividual of the Cumacea
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cumacean
Cite this entry
cumacean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cumacean
“cumacean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cumacean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cumacean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cumacean.
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