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shrimp

noun verb

Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

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Word length
6
Starts with
S
Ends with
P
Contains
HR
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B1

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Pronunciation

ʃɹɪmp

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noun

  1. Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

noun

  1. Any of various edible decapod crustaceans

noun

  1. Disparaging terms for small people

verb

  1. Fish for shrimp

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