shrimp

English Thesaurus

1. small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	decapod, decapod crustacean,
definition	:	crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp,
definition	:	small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	pleopod, swimmeret,
definition	:	one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	prawn, shrimp,
definition	:	any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

member meronym	:	crangonidae, family crangonidae,
definition	:	shrimps (noun.animal)

2. any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

hypernym	:	seafood,
definition	:	edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc (noun.food)

hyponym	:	river prawn,
definition	:	large Australian prawn (noun.food)

part meronym	:	shrimp,
definition	:	small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

substance meronym	:	shrimp cocktail,
definition	:	a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce (noun.food)

3. disparaging terms for small people (noun.person)

hypernym	:	small person,
definition	:	a person of below average size (noun.person)

4. fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	fish,
definition	:	catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition)

5. small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	shrimp, shrimp,
definition	:	fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

6. any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	fish for prawns (verb.contact)

7. disparaging terms for small people (noun.person)

derivation	:	puny, runty, shrimpy,
definition	:	(used especially of persons) of inferior size (adj.all)

derivation	:	pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off,
definition	:	well below average height (adj.all)

8. fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

derivation	:	shrimp,
definition	:	small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	shrimper,
definition	:	a vessel engaged in shrimping (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	prawn, shrimp,
definition	:	any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

9. small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	shrimp, shrimp,
definition	:	fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

10. any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)

derivation	:	prawn,
definition	:	fish for prawns (verb.contact)

11. disparaging terms for small people (noun.person)

derivation	:	puny, runty, shrimpy,
definition	:	(used especially of persons) of inferior size (adj.all)

derivation	:	pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off,
definition	:	well below average height (adj.all)

12. fish for shrimp (verb.competition)

derivation	:	shrimp,
definition	:	small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible (noun.animal)

derivation	:	shrimper,
definition	:	a vessel engaged in shrimping (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	prawn, shrimp,
definition	:	any of various edible decapod crustaceans (noun.food)