Shrimp

·v Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf;

— in contempt.

II. Shrimp ·vt To Contract; to Shrink.

III. Shrimp ·v In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.

IV. Shrimp ·v In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. ·see under Fairy, and Brine.

V. Shrimp ·v Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. ·see ·Illust. of Decapoda.