shrimp : Idioms & Phrases

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brine shrimp

  • noun common to saline lakes
    Artemia salina.
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Brine shrimp, Brine worm

  • (Zoöl.), a phyllopod crustacean of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia.
Webster 1913

Fairy shrimp

  • noun small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
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  • (Zoöl.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
Webster 1913

Mantis shrimp

  • noun tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
    mantis crab.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Sguilla.
Webster 1913

mussel shrimp

  • noun tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
    ostracod; mussel shrimp.
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Opossum shrimp

  • noun shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
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  • (Zoöl.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
Webster 1913

pistol shrimp

  • noun small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
    pistol shrimp.
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seed shrimp

  • noun tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
    ostracod; mussel shrimp.
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shrimp butter

  • noun butter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence from shrimp shells
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Shrimp catcher

  • (Zoöl.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
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shrimp cocktail

  • noun a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce
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Shrimp net

  • a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.
Webster 1913

shrimp newburg

  • noun shrimp in Newburg sauce usually served in a rice ring
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shrimp sauce

  • noun white sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter
    Nantua.
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shrimp-fish

  • noun slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates
    shrimpfish.
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Skeleton shrimp

  • noun small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
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  • (Zoöl.), a small crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under Læmodipoda.
Webster 1913

snapping shrimp

  • noun small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
    pistol shrimp.
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Specter shrimp

  • (Zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.
Webster 1913

Spector shrimp, ∨ Skeleton shrimp

  • (Zoöl.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Læmodopoda.
Webster 1913

Sword shrimp

  • (Zoöl.), a European shrimp (Pasiphæa sivado) having a very thin, compressed body.
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tadpole shrimp

  • noun a kind of branchiopod crustacean
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