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Definition: opossum shrimp
opossum shrimp
n : shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young
in a pouch between the legs
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Opossum shrimp
Shrimp
\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.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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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.
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Opossum
\O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any American marsupial of the genera
Didelphys and
Chironectes; called also
possum. The common species of
the United States is
Didelphys Virginiana.
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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.
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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.
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