fairy shrimp

fairy shrimp

n. Any of various small branchiopod crustaceans of the order Anostraca that lack a carapace and characteristically swim upside-down, found in freshwater habitats and saline lakes.

fairy shrimp

n (Animals) any small freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genera Chirocephalus, Artemia, etc, having a transparent body with many appendages and habitually swimming on its back: order Anostraca

fair′y shrimp`

n. any transparent branchiopod crustacean of the order Anostraca, of freshwater ponds. [1855–60]

Thesaurus

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fairy shrimp - small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its backbranchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feedingArtemia, Chirocephalus, genus Artemia, genus Chirocephalus - fairy shrimp; brine shrimp