Marathi Meaning of shrimp

झींगा

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Definitions and Meaning of shrimp in English

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shrimp (n)

disparaging terms for small people

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

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shrimp (v)

fish for shrimp

Webster

shrimp (v. t.)

To contract; to shrink.

Webster

shrimp (v.)

Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.

In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.

In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.

Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.

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झींगा

disparaging terms for small people, any of various edible decapod crustaceans, small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and sing

क्षुद्र,वामानाचा,मिनिएचर,बटू,घासणे,बामन,मिनी (mini),माइट,पीवि,पिग्मी

बिहेमथ,दैत्य,दैत्य,जंबो,मॅमथ,राक्षस,व्हेल,लेव्हिअथान,टायटन,हूपर

shrilly => तीक्ष्ण आवाजात, shrill-tongued => तिखटभाषी, shrillness => तीक्ष्णता, shrilling => ओरडणारा, shrill-gorged => तীक्ष्ण-कంठ ,