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clam shrimp

clam shrimp noun: any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.

clam shrimp: any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the...
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Noun

clam shrimp (plural clam shrimps or clam shrimp)

  1. Any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.

Forms of clam shrimp

pluralclam shrimps
pluralclam shrimp

Questions about clam shrimp

What does clam shrimp mean?
Clam shrimp means any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.
What part of speech is clam shrimp?
Clam shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of clam shrimp?
The plural of clam shrimp is clam shrimps.

Words near clam shrimp in the dictionary

  1. clam lickers
  2. clam rake
  3. clam rakes
  4. clam shack
  5. clam shacks
  6. clam shrimp
  7. clam shrimps
  8. clam smacker
  9. clam smackers
  10. Clam Union
  11. clam up

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