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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shrimp.

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Examples

  • Hogan takes on Irwin when he discovers that someone has stolen his shrimps from the barbie.

    Cinema’s New Double Act 2002

  • Mingled with the shrimps were myriads of small fish, from a quarter of an inch upward in size.

    YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF 2010

  • The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Why are short people called shrimps?

    The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Why are short people called shrimps? 2010

  • Mingled with the shrimps were myriads of small fish, from a quarter of an inch upward in size.

    Yellow Handkerchief 1905

  • In 1863 the jigger (P. penetrans) was not found in Western Africa; when I returned there in 1882 it had passed over from the Brazil and had become naturalised on the equatorial African seaboard. the Arabs call shrimps and prawns

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Thus it is too early to expect a recovery of the cod population; cod take about seven years to reach maturity and may be adversely affected by the trawl fishery for shrimps which is now the mainstay of the Greenland fisheries.

    Past variability in Arctic marine systems 2009

  • Heavy exploitation of benthic species, such as shrimps and scallops, also affects other species in the benthic communities.

    Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

  • It appeared to have little grey 'shrimps' living in it - the biggest being about 6 mm and hence very visable. their tails had three long hair type structures coming out of them - they really really looked like shrimps - but where on earth did they come from?

    Snell-Pym » 2007 » September 2007

  • It appeared to have little grey 'shrimps' living in it - the biggest being about 6 mm and hence very visable. their tails had three long hair type structures coming out of them - they really really looked like shrimps - but where on earth did they come from?

    Snell-Pym » The Strange Ecology of the Cats’ Water Bowls 2007

  • The great points to remember are: -- That the food should be varied as much as possible; and as much natural food, of a hard description such as shrimps, _corixæ_, snails, bivalves, etc., be given.

    Amateur Fish Culture Charles Edward Walker

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