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brine shrimp

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brine shrimp
n.
Any of various small crustaceans of the genus Artemia.
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Noun1.brine shrimp - common to saline lakesbrine shrimp - common to saline lakes              
Artemia salina
branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding
Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Artemia, genus Chirocephalus - fairy shrimp; brine shrimp
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