Cȳ'pris, n.

n.; pl. Cȳ'pri-dēs. [Lat. Cypris, Gr. Κύπρις, the Cyprian goddess Venus. See CYPRIAN.] (Zoöl.) A species of minute crustacea, having the body inclosed in a delicate bivalve shell. They abound in stagnant water, and other related species exist in the ocean. See CRUSTACEA and ENTOMOSTRACANS. Dana.