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SKELETON SHRIMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skeleton shrimp mean?
• SKELETON SHRIMP (noun)
The noun SKELETON SHRIMP has 1 sense:
1. small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
Familiarity information: SKELETON SHRIMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("skeleton shrimp" is a kind of...):
amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)
Holonyms ("skeleton shrimp" is a member of...):
Caprella; genus Caprella (skeleton shrimp)
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