Aesop prawn
noun
Ae·sop prawn
ˈē-ˌsäp-,
-səp-
1
: a small decapod crustacean of the genus Hippolyte
2
Australia : a small humpbacked prawn (Periclimenes aesopius)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin aesopius, literally, Aesopian (specific epithet of Periclimenes aesopius), from Latin Aesopus; from the belief that Aesop was humpbacked
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1