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Fairy Shrimp

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Noun

1. fairy shrimp

small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fairy Shrimp

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noun
any small freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genera Chirocephalus, Artemia, etc, having a transparent body with many appendages and habitually swimming on its back: order Anostraca

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Fairy Shrimp

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any of an order (Anostraca) of crustaceans, usually formed in temporary freshwater pools in early spring, having delicate colors and a graceful swimming motion

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fairy Shrimp

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n.
Any of various small branchiopod crustaceans of the order Anostraca that lack a carapace and characteristically swim upside-down, found in freshwater habitats and saline lakes.

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