shrimp

noun

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

disparaging terms for small people

verb

fish for shrimp

Synonyms for shrimp

prawnn langousten lobstern crabn crayfishn shellfishn crawdadn fishn

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