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Word entry · 6 letters

shrimp

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"Small shellfish"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ʃɹɪmp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted himprsStarts with SEnds with P1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (SHRIMP).

Definitions

  1. 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.

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