Definition of Mussel shrimp

1. Noun. Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell.

Exact synonyms: Ostracod, Seed Shrimp
Generic synonyms: Crustacean
Group relationships: Ostracoda, Subclass Ostracoda

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mussel Shrimp

musquaws
musquet
musqueteer
musquetoon
musquets
musquito
musquitoes
musquitos
musrol
musrols
muss
muss-be
musse
mussed
mussel
mussel shrimp (current term)
mussels
musses
mussier
mussiest
mussily
mussiness
mussinesses
mussing
mussitate
mussitated
mussitates
mussitating
mussitation
mussitations

Literary usage of Mussel shrimp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"Major Holland advises soft or soldier-crabs, lug- worm, mussel, shrimp and rag-worm, with long-gut snoods, but they feed mostly at night, ..."

2. Liberalising Fisheries Markets: Scope and Effects by OECD Staff, Committee for Fisheries (2003)
"In particular, this has been the case for oyster, mussel, shrimp, salmon, sea bream and bass but also for seaweed. Production from aquaculture is ..."

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