HyperDic: skeleton_shrimp

English > 1 sense of the expression skeleton shrimp:
NOUNanimalskeleton shrimpsmall amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis
English > skeleton shrimp: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed.
Member ofCaprella, genus Caprellaskeleton shrimp
BroaderamphipodA kind of malacostracan crustacean

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