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emperor shrimp

emperor shrimp noun: a species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus; it is found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

emperor shrimp: a species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts,...
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Noun

emperor shrimp (plural emperor shrimps or emperor shrimp)

  1. A species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus; it is found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Forms of emperor shrimp

pluralemperor shrimps
pluralemperor shrimp

Questions about emperor shrimp

What does emperor shrimp mean?
Emperor shrimp means a species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus; it is found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
What part of speech is emperor shrimp?
Emperor shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of emperor shrimp?
The plural of emperor shrimp is emperor shrimps.

Words near emperor shrimp in the dictionary

  1. emperor penguins
  2. emperor rat
  3. emperor rats
  4. emperor scorpion
  5. emperor scorpions
  6. emperor shrimp
  7. emperor shrimps
  8. emperor tamarin
  9. emperor tamarins
  10. emperor's new clothes
  11. emperorism

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