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cleaner shrimp

cleaner shrimp noun: any of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.

Noun

cleaner shrimp (plural cleaner shrimps or cleaner shrimp)

  1. Any of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.

Forms of cleaner shrimp

pluralcleaner shrimps
pluralcleaner shrimp

Questions about cleaner shrimp

What does cleaner shrimp mean?
Cleaner shrimp means any of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.
What part of speech is cleaner shrimp?
Cleaner shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of cleaner shrimp?
The plural of cleaner shrimp is cleaner shrimps.

Words near cleaner shrimp in the dictionary

  1. cleaned up one's act
  2. cleaned up one's plate
  3. cleaner
  4. cleaner fish
  5. cleaner fishes
  6. cleaner shrimp
  7. cleaner shrimps
  8. cleaner's
  9. cleaner-up
  10. cleaner-upper
  11. cleaner-upperer

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