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sand shrimp

sand shrimp noun: japanese sand shrimp (Crangon affinis), of east Asian waters.

Noun

sand shrimp

  1. Japanese sand shrimp (Crangon affinis), of east Asian waters
  2. Brown shrimp, common shrimp, bay shrimp, grey shrimp Crangon crangon), of European waters
  3. Seven-spine bay shrimp or sand shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa), of the Atlantic coast of North America
  4. Greasyback shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis), of the Indo-Pacific.

Questions about sand shrimp

What does sand shrimp mean?
Sand shrimp means japanese sand shrimp (Crangon affinis), of east Asian waters.
What part of speech is sand shrimp?
Sand shrimp is a noun.

Words near sand shrimp in the dictionary

  1. sand sheet
  2. sand sheets
  3. sand shoe
  4. sand shoes
  5. sand shot
  6. sand shrimp
  7. sand skink
  8. sand skinks
  9. sand sludger
  10. sand sludgers
  11. sand slug

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