Shrimp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Shrimp	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Shrimp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrimp n disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint] any of various edible decapod crustaceans Synonym(s): prawn, shrimp small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible v fish for shrimp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrimp \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG. schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink}, {Shrivel}.] To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See {Shrimp}, v.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to {Crangon} and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also {prawns}. See Illust. of {Decapoda}. (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe {Caridea}, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under {Fairy}, and {Brine}.