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Noun: fairy shrimp  feh-ree-shrimp
  1. Small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back

Derived forms: fairy shrimps

Type of: branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan

Part of: Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Artemia, genus Chirocephalus

Encyclopedia: Fairy shrimp