kyüˈmāshēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cuma, type genus (irregular from Greek kyma sprout, wave, anything swollen) + -acea — more at cyme
: an order of small sessile-eyed malacostracan marine crustaceans (division Peracarida) having a carapace formed by fusion of the first three or four thoracic segments with the head
• cu·ma·cean (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷shən adjective or noun
• cu·ma·ceous -shəs adjective