fairy shrimp


fairy shrimp

noun

Definition of FAIRY SHRIMP

: any of several very small translucent freshwater branchiopod crustaceans (order Anostraca)

First Known Use of FAIRY SHRIMP

1857

Rhymes with FAIRY SHRIMP

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