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brine shrimp

brine shrimp noun: an aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic genus Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkeys as a novelty gift.

brine shrimp: an aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic genus Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under...
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Noun

brine shrimp (plural brine shrimp or brine shrimps)

  1. An aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic genus Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkeys as a novelty gift.

Forms of brine shrimp

pluralbrine shrimp
pluralbrine shrimps

Questions about brine shrimp

What does brine shrimp mean?
Brine shrimp means an aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic genus Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkeys as a novelty gift.
What part of speech is brine shrimp?
Brine shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of brine shrimp?
The plural of brine shrimp is brine shrimp.

Words near brine shrimp in the dictionary

  1. brine fly
  2. brine lake
  3. brine lakes
  4. brine pool
  5. brine pools
  6. brine shrimp
  7. brine shrimps
  8. brined
  9. brined cheese
  10. Brinegar
  11. Brinegars

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