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grass shrimp

grass shrimp noun: of genus Hippolyte that live in eelgrass along of the Pacific coast of North America.

Noun

grass shrimp (plural grass shrimps)

  1. of genus Hippolyte that live in eelgrass along of the Pacific coast of North America.
    Synonyms:
    Palaemonetes
  2. of genus Palaemon of the Atlantic, used for bait.
    Synonyms:
    Palaemonetes

Synonyms of grass shrimp

  • Palaemonetes

Forms of grass shrimp

pluralgrass shrimps

Words formed from grass shrimp

Questions about grass shrimp

What does grass shrimp mean?
Grass shrimp means of genus Hippolyte that live in eelgrass along of the Pacific coast of North America.
What part of speech is grass shrimp?
Grass shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of grass shrimp?
The plural of grass shrimp is grass shrimps.

Words near grass shrimp in the dictionary

  1. grass rooters
  2. grass roots
  3. grass script
  4. grass seed
  5. grass seeds
  6. grass shrimp
  7. grass sickness
  8. grass skirt
  9. grass skirts
  10. grass snake
  11. grass snakes

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