About The Word Shrimp
Learn about the word Shrimp to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Shrimp definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Shrimp
| Shrimp Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Shrimp?
[n] small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
[n] any of various edible decapod crustaceans [n] disparaging terms for small people [v] fish for shrimp Synonyms | Synonyms for Shrimp: half-pint | peewee | prawn | runt Related Terms | Find terms related to Shrimp: See Also | Crangonidae | decapod | decapod crustacean | family Crangonidae | fish | pistol shrimp | pleopod | prawn | river prawn | seafood | shrimp | shrimp | shrimp cocktail | small person | snapping shrimp | swimmeret Shrimp In Webster's Dictionary \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink},
{Shrivel}.]
To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
\Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See {Shrimp}, v.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to {Crangon} and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also {prawns}. See Illust. of {Decapoda}. (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe {Caridea}, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under {Fairy}, and {Brine}. 2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Opossum}. {Spector shrimp}, or {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied genera. See Illust. under {L[ae]modopoda}. {Shrimp catcher} (Zo["o]l.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}). {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Gospeler ‐ a preacher of the…
- Twelfthtide ‐ the season…
- Fossilised ‐ set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or…
- European black alder ‐ medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;…
- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin ‐ the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean;…
- Demi-glaze ‐ sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned…
- Laid paper ‐ writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across…
- Fra filippo lippi ‐ Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style…
- Ureterorenal reflux ‐ a backflow of urine from the ureter into the…
- Take in water ‐ take in water at the bilge;…