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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of amphipods of the family Gammaridæ. G. pulex is a form known as the fresh-water shrimp, though not a shrimp in a proper sense.
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a serious concern as Homarus americanus can carry diseases that are harmful to the European lobster Homarus gammarus. '
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