shrimp
Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
Other meanings
The flesh of such crustaceans.
A small, puny or unimportant person.
Word history
From Middle Low German "schrempen" (to wrinkle).
Where this comes from
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