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

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