opossum shrimp


noun

any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.

Origin of opossum shrimp

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby opossum shrimp

British Dictionary definitions for opossum shrimp

opossum shrimp

noun

any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the genera Mysis, Praunus, etc, of the order Mysidacea, in which the females carry the eggs and young around in a ventral brood pouch