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"Small shellfish"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (SHRIMP).
Definitions
Small edible crustacean with a slender body and long antennae.
Word origin
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.
Used in a sentence
“Shrimp farming is in its infancy in Africa. but Asia has most of the world's shrimp farms.”
“Most shrimps belong to one of several families of the Infraorder Caridea (Chapter 4). However, coral shrimps and Venus shrimps are so different from the rest that a separate infraorder is warranted.”
“America's favorite seafood, shrimp has always been a big seller at the Home Port. On any given day, we usually served around 40 to 50 pounds of shrimp.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Small shellfish”6 letters
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