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shrimp
- any of a large number of small, slender, long-tailed decapods, mostly marine: many are highly valued as food
- Informal a small or insignificant person
intransitive verb
to fish for shrimp
Related Forms:
- shrimper noun
See shrimp in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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