shrimp

Noun
  1. Disparaging terms for small people (synset 110563101)
    is a type of: small person - a person of below average size
    same as: half-pint, peewee, runt
  2. Any of various edible decapod crustaceans (synset 107810135)
    is a type of: seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
    subtypes: river prawn - large Australian prawn
    is a part of: shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
    substance meronym: shrimp cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce
    same as: prawn
  3. Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers;
    Many species are edible (synset 101989447)
    is a type of: decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
    subtypes: pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp - small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
    belongs to: crangonidae, family crangonidae - shrimps
    has:
    • pleopod, swimmeret - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming
    • prawn, shrimp - any of various edible decapod crustaceans
Verb
  1. Fish for shrimp (synset 201144496)
    is a type of: fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

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