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Uncommonshrimp
The correct spelling is shrimp.
How to pronounce shrimp
/ʃɹɪmp/
nounIPA: /ʃɹɪmp/
Say it like: Shr-imp
The correct spelling is shrimp. Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
- 2.The flesh of such crustaceans.
- 3.A small, puny or unimportant person.
verb
- 1.To fish for shrimp.
- 2.To contract; to shrink.
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