Definitions for: Shrimp


[n] small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
[n] any of various edible decapod crustaceans
[n] disparaging terms for small people
[v] fish for shrimp



Webster (1913) Definition: Shrimp, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. Scrimp, Shrink,
Shrivel.]
To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]


Shrimp, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.



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.

Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, prawn, runt

See Also: Crangonidae, decapod, decapod crustacean, family Crangonidae, fish, pistol shrimp, pleopod, prawn, river prawn, seafood, shrimp, shrimp, shrimp cocktail, small person, snapping shrimp, swimmeret

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