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Definition: skeleton shrimp
skeleton shrimp
n : small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive
of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Skeleton 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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Skeleton
\Skel"e*ton\, a.
Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely
of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton
crystal.
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Skeleton bill, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the
amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.]
Skeleton key, a key with nearly the whole substance of the
web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock;
a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has
not been especially fitted.
Skeleton leaf, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been
removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone
remaining.
Skeleton proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the
inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs
being taken before the engraving is finished.
Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement of
officers, but in which there are few enlisted men.
Skeleton shrimp (Zo["o]l.), a small crustacean of the genus
Caprella. See Illust. under
L[ae]modipoda.
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