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shrimp

DEFINITIONS OF: shrimp

1

n small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

Types:
pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp
small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
Type of:
decapod, decapod crustacean
crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

n any of various edible decapod crustaceans

Synonyms:
prawn
Types:
river prawn
large Australian prawn
Type of:
seafood
edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc

n disparaging terms for small people

Synonyms:
half-pint, peewee, runt
Type of:
small person
a person of below average size

v fish for shrimp

Type of:
fish
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
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