See Also: cypris(dictionary)

cypris (iou)



cypris noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin (see below) from Greek Kupris Aphrodite.]
A freshwater ostracod of the genus Cypris. Also, a cirripede larva at a stage (following the nauplius) in which it acquires a shell like that of a Cypris ostracod and becomes anchored to a rock etc.