Shrimp

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(a small long tailed crustacean valued as food, a small slight person) ព្រោន, សត្វបង្កង

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(FIGURATIVE) A little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.

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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.

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

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

អត្ថន័យផ្សេងទៀត

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To contract, to shrink