MUSSEL SHRIMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mussel shrimp mean? 

• MUSSEL SHRIMP (noun)
  The noun MUSSEL SHRIMP has 1 sense:

1. tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell

  Familiarity information: MUSSEL SHRIMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSSEL SHRIMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mussel shrimp; ostracod; seed shrimp

Hypernyms ("mussel shrimp" is a kind of...):

crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)

Holonyms ("mussel shrimp" is a member of...):

Ostracoda; subclass Ostracoda (seed shrimps)