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 

• SKELETON SHRIMP (noun)

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Meaning:

Small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed

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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)