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pink shrimp

pink shrimp noun: shrimp of species Pandalus borealis, found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

pink shrimp: shrimp of species Pandalus borealis, found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Noun

pink shrimp (plural pink shrimps or pink shrimp)

  1. Shrimp of species Pandalus borealis, found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
    Synonyms:
    Aesop prawn, Aesop shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, northern shrimp
  2. A peregrine shrimp, Metapenaeus stebbingi.

Synonyms of pink shrimp

  • Aesop prawn, Aesop shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, northern shrimp

Forms of pink shrimp

pluralpink shrimps
pluralpink shrimp

Questions about pink shrimp

What does pink shrimp mean?
Pink shrimp means shrimp of species Pandalus borealis, found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What part of speech is pink shrimp?
Pink shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of pink shrimp?
The plural of pink shrimp is pink shrimps.

Words near pink shrimp in the dictionary

  1. pink salon
  2. pink salons
  3. pink salt
  4. pink sheet
  5. pink sheets
  6. pink shrimp
  7. pink shrimps
  8. pink sky at night, sailors' delight; pink sky at morning, sailors take warning
  9. pink sky at night, sailors' delight; pink sky in the morning, sailors take warning
  10. pink slime
  11. pink slip

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