ALL meanings of fairy shrimp
fair·y shrimp
F f - noun fairy shrimp 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. 1
- noun fairy shrimp A small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages and swimming on its back. 0
- noun fairy shrimp 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 0
- noun fairy shrimp any of an order (Anostraca) of crustaceans, usually formed in temporary freshwater pools in early spring, having delicate colors and a graceful swimming motion 0