fairy shrimp
noun
any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
Origin of fairy shrimp
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby fairy shrimp
fairy lights,
fairy lily,
fairy penguin,
fairy primrose,
fairy ring,
fairy shrimp,
fairy stone,
fairy swallow,
fairy tale,
fairy-slipper,
fairy-tale
British Dictionary definitions for fairy shrimp
fairy shrimp
noun
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