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ghost shrimp

ghost shrimp noun: any of various aquatic crustaceans of the infraorder Thalassinidea, the genus Palaemonetes, or the family Caprellidae.

Noun

ghost shrimp (plural ghost shrimps or ghost shrimp)

  1. Any of various aquatic crustaceans of the infraorder Thalassinidea, the genus Palaemonetes, or the family Caprellidae.

Forms of ghost shrimp

pluralghost shrimps
pluralghost shrimp

Questions about ghost shrimp

What does ghost shrimp mean?
Ghost shrimp means any of various aquatic crustaceans of the infraorder Thalassinidea, the genus Palaemonetes, or the family Caprellidae.
What part of speech is ghost shrimp?
Ghost shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of ghost shrimp?
The plural of ghost shrimp is ghost shrimps.

Words near ghost shrimp in the dictionary

  1. ghost shark
  2. ghost sharks
  3. ghost ship
  4. ghost ships
  5. ghost shirt
  6. ghost shrimp
  7. ghost shrimps
  8. ghost sickness
  9. ghost sign
  10. ghost signs
  11. ghost singer

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