FAIRY SHRIMP

Meaning of FAIRY SHRIMP in English

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.

[ 1855-60 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FAIRY SHRIMP — noun Date: 1857 any of several very small translucent freshwater branchiopod crustaceans (order Anostraca)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FAIRY SHRIMP — Any of the crustacean s in the order Anostraca, named for their graceful movements and pastel colours. Some grow to …
Английский словарь Британика
FAIRY SHRIMP — noun : any of several freshwater branchiopod crustaceans (order Anostraca) so called from their delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAIRY SHRIMP — Date: 1857 : any of several very small translucent freshwater branchiopod crustaceans (order Anostraca)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAIRY SHRIMP — Function: noun Date: 1857 : any of several very small translucent freshwater branchiopod crustaceans (order Anostraca)
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FAIRY SHRIMP — ■ noun a small transparent crustacean which swims on its back, using its legs to filter food particles from the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FAIRY SHRIMP — [fairy shrimp] n (1857): any of several delicate transparent freshwater branchiopod crustaceans (order Anostraca)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAIRY SHRIMP — any of the crustaceans of the order Anostraca, so called because of their graceful movements and pastel colours. Some grow …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAIRY SHRIMP — Any of the crustacean s in the order Anostraca, named for their graceful movements and pastel colours. Some grow to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHRIMP — crevette
English interlingue dictionary
SHRIMP — hipon (Noun) pasayan
English-Visayan vocabulary
SHRIMP — Any of approximately 2,000 decapod species (suborder Natantia) having a semitransparent body flattened from side to side and a flexible …
Английский словарь Британика
FAIRY — In folklore, any of a race of supernatural beings who have magic powers and sometimes meddle in human affairs. Some …
Английский словарь Британика
SHRIMP — I. ˈshrimp, esp South ˈsri-, dial ˈswi- noun ( plural shrimps also shrimp ) Etymology: Middle English shrimpe shrimp (crustacean), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAIRY — I. ˈfa(a)rē, ˈfer-, ˈfār-, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English faierie, fairie fairyland, fairy people, enchantment, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHRIMP — (v.) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and …
Английский словарь Webster
FAIRY — (a.) Given by fairies; as, fairy money.
Английский словарь Webster
SHRIMP — ( v. ) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHRIMP — — shrimplike , adj. /shrimp/ , n. , pl. shrimps , ( esp. collectively ) shrimp for 1, v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAIRY — /fair"ee/ , n. , pl. fairies , adj. n. 1. (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHRIMP — v. catch shrimp, fish for shrimp
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FAIRY — adj. of fairies; fairy-like; fantastic, magical
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHRIMP — I. ˈshrimp, especially Southern ˈsrimp noun ( plural shrimps or shrimp ) Etymology: Middle English shrimpe; akin to Middle Low …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAIRY — noun ( plural fair·ies ) Etymology: Middle English fairie fairyland, enchantment, from Anglo-French faerie, from fee fairy, from Latin Fata, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHRIMP — v figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; in contempt. 2. shrimp ·vt to contract; to shrink. 3. shrimp …
Webster English vocab
FAIRY — noun enchantment; illusion. 2. fairy ·adj given by fairies; as, fairy money. 3. fairy ·noun an enchantress. 4. fairy ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SHRIMP — [shrimp] n, pl shrimps or shrimp [ME shrimpe; akin to MLG schrempen to contract, wrinkle, ON skorpna to shrivel up] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAIRY — [fairy] n, pl fair.ies [ME fairie fairyland, fairy people, fr. OF faerie, fr. feie, fee fairy, fr. L Fata, goddess …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHRIMP — Peneus setiferus, an edible shrimp any of the approximately 2,000 species of the suborder Natantia (order Decapoda of the class …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAIRY — also spelled faerie or faery a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having magic powers and dwelling on earth …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHRIMP — shrimp BrE AmE ʃrɪmp ▷ shrimped ʃrɪm p t ▷ shrimping ˈʃrɪmp ɪŋ ▷ shrimps ʃrɪm p s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FAIRY — fair|y BrE AmE ˈfeər |i AmE ˈfer |i ˈfær- ▷ fair|ies iz ▶ ˈ fairy ˌ cycle, ˌ fairy ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHRIMP — / ʃrɪmp; NAmE / noun ( pl. shrimps or shrimp ) 1. a small shellfish that can be eaten, like …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAIRY — / ˈfeəri; NAmE ˈferi/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. (in stories) a creature like a small person, who has …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHRIMP — shrimp /ʃrɪmp/ BrE AmE noun ( plural shrimp or shrimps ) [countable] 1 . a small sea creature that you …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAIRY — ˌFairy ˈLiquid BrE AmE ( also Fairy ) trademark a type of green liquid used for washing dishes, pans etc
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAIRY — fai ‧ ry /ˈfeəri $ ˈferi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural fairies ) [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAIRY — n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a small imaginary being with magical powers. 2 sl. derog. a male homosexual. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHRIMP — n. & v. n. 1 (pl. same or shrimps) any of various small (esp. marine) edible crustaceans, with ten legs, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAIRY — n. & adj. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a small imaginary being with magical powers. 2 sl. derog. a male homosexual. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHRIMP — n. & v. --n. 1. (pl. same or shrimps) any of various small (esp. marine) edible crustaceans, with ten legs, …
Oxford English vocab
FAIRY — n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a small imaginary being with magical powers. 2 sl. derog. a male homosexual. …
Oxford English vocab
SHRIMP — ( shrimps, or shrimp) Shrimps are small shellfish with long tails and many legs. Add the shrimp and cook for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAIRY — ( fairies) 1. A fairy is an imaginary creature with magical powers. Fairies are often represented as small people with …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHRIMP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES shrimp cocktail COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE potted ▪ I can even find potted shrimps …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAIRY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fairy story (= a children's story in which magical things happen ) ▪ She …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHRIMP — (ANIMAL) [noun] [plural] shrimps or shrimp - a small pink sea animal with a shell, ten legs, a thin flat …
Cambridge English vocab
SHRIMP — n. Any of approximately 2,000 decapod species (suborder Natantia) having a semitransparent body flattened from side to side and a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FAIRY — n. In folklore, any of a race of supernatural beings who have magic powers and sometimes meddle in human affairs. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FAIRY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAIRY — homosexual male, especially effeminate literally refers to creatures of legend/myth such as the character 'Puck' in Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream"; …
Slang English vocab
SHRIMP — noun Shrimp is used before these nouns: ↑ boat , ↑ cocktail , ↑ farm
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FAIRY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ bad , wicked ( esp. BrE ) ▪ tooth VERB + FAIRY ▪ believe in
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHRIMP — 1. сущ. 1) а) зоол. креветка б) наживка из креветки (при ловле рыбы) 2) ярко-розовый цвет (напоминающий цвет вареной креветки) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAIRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) фея; волшебница; эльф (маленькое существо, наделенное волшебной силой ≈ в зависимости от стихии и культуры называются …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHRIMP — shrimp.ogg 1. ʃrımp n 1. мелкая креветка 2. 1> маленький, сморщенный человек, карлик 2> ничтожный человек, козявка, ничтожество 2. ʃrımp …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAIRY — fairy.ogg 1. ʹfe(ə)rı n 1. фея; волшебница; эльф fairy of the mine - кобольд, гном bad fairy - злая фея; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAIRY — fairy сущ.1) а) фея; волшебница; эльф (маленькое существо, наделенное волшебной силой - в зависимости от стихии и культуры называются по-разному …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FAIRY — 1. ʹfe(ə)rı n 1. фея; волшебница; эльф fairy of the mine - кобольд, гном bad fairy - злая фея; злой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FAIRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) фея; волшебница; эльф ( маленькое существо, наделенное волшебной силой - в зависимости от стихии и культуры …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FAIRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) фея; волшебница; эльф (маленькое существо, наделенное волшебной силой - в зависимости от стихии и культуры называются по-разному - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHRIMP — 1) креветка (мелкая) 2) мелкое ракообразное • - brine shrimp - burrowing shrimps - cleaner shrimp - devil shrimps - fairy shrimps - freshwater shrimp - ghost shrimp - mantis …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SHRIMP — 1) креветка ( мелкая ) 2) мелкое ракообразное • - brine shrimp - burrowing shrimps - cleaner shrimp - devil …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SHRIMP — n infml He's such a shrimp. He just has short genes — Он такой коротышка. Наверное, это гены
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов

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