shrimp

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We were running out of time and live shrimp, but before the shrimp were all used up the men had scored seven big speckled trout and two freshwater catfish, as well as their eight sheepshead.

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  1. noun Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia, many species of which are edible, having a compressed or elongated body with a well-developed abdomen, long legs and antennae, and a long spinelike projection of the carapace.
  2. noun Any of various similar crustaceans, such as certain isopods and amphipods.
  3. noun Slang A person regarded as unimportant.
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  • Now, the other type of mantis shrimp is the smasher stomatopod, and these guys open up snails for a living. —  Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals
  • You can see this shrimp is harassing this poor little guy here and he'll bat it away with his claw. —  David Gallo on life in the deep oceans
  • Ah, the first time that I made love to a rock shrimp -- It's true. —  Ze Frank's nerdcore comedy
  • This included $8 million for marketing shrimp, and $2.3 million for shrimp-fishing research. —  QandO
  • Eating shrimp is very bad for the shrimp, causes many food poisoning, mercury and other diseases, and causes slavery for shrimp workers
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  1. Middle English shrimpe, possibly of Low German origin.

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  1. from shrimp, n.
 

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