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skeleton shrimp

skeleton shrimp noun: any member of the Caprellidae, a family of amphipods with a slender thread-like body.

Noun

skeleton shrimp (plural skeleton shrimps or skeleton shrimp)

  1. Any member of the Caprellidae, a family of amphipods with a slender thread-like body.

Synonyms of skeleton shrimp

Forms of skeleton shrimp

pluralskeleton shrimps
pluralskeleton shrimp

Questions about skeleton shrimp

What does skeleton shrimp mean?
Skeleton shrimp means any member of the Caprellidae, a family of amphipods with a slender thread-like body.
What part of speech is skeleton shrimp?
Skeleton shrimp is a noun.
What is the plural of skeleton shrimp?
The plural of skeleton shrimp is skeleton shrimps.

Words near skeleton shrimp in the dictionary

  1. skeleton key
  2. skeleton keys
  3. skeleton programming
  4. skeleton screen
  5. skeleton screens
  6. skeleton shrimp
  7. skeleton shrimps
  8. skeleton sled
  9. skeleton sleds
  10. skeleton slider
  11. skeleton sliders

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