HyperDic: pistol_shrimp

English > 1 sense of the expression *pistol shrimp*:
NOUN	animal	pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp	small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae

English > *pistol shrimp*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae.
Synonym	snapping shrimp
Broader	shrimp	small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers