资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
{Opossum shrimp}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Opossum}.
{Spector shrimp}, or {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), any
slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and
allied genera. See Illust. under {L[ae]modopoda}.
{Shrimp catcher} (Zo["o]l.), the little tern ({Sterna
minuta}).
{Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
Note: Several related species are found in South America. The
water opossum of Brazil ({Chironectes variegatus}),
which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a
marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called
also {yapock}.
{Opossum mouse}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flying mouse}, under
{Flying}.
{Opossum shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), any schizopod crustacean of the
genus {Mysis} and allied genera. See {Schizopoda}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
opossum shrimp
n : shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young
in a pouch between the legs