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fairy shrimps

fairy shrimps is the plural of fairy shrimp.

Meaning of fairy shrimp

Noun

fairy shrimp (plural fairy shrimps or fairy shrimp)

  1. A small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages and swimming on its back.
    • Triops and fairy shrimp are small crustaceans that can survive years lying dormant in drought conditions. They live in the ground in eggs until weather conditions such as floods can bring them to the surface, says IFL Science.2023 September 5, Amelia Neath, “Three-eyed ‘dinosaur shrimp’ are waking up in the desert after Burning Man washout”, in The Independent

Questions about fairy shrimps

What is fairy shrimps the plural of?
Fairy shrimps is the plural of fairy shrimp.

Words near fairy shrimps in the dictionary

  1. fairy ring champignons
  2. fairy ring fungus
  3. fairy ring mushroom
  4. fairy rings
  5. fairy shrimp
  6. fairy shrimps
  7. fairy snuff
  8. fairy stone
  9. fairy stones
  10. fairy stories
  11. fairy story

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