brine shrimp
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brine shrimp
n.
Any of various small crustaceans of the genus Artemia that inhabit highly saline ponds and lakes and are often used as food for farmed fish and shellfish and for aquarium fish.
brine′ shrimp`
n.
any fairy shrimp of the genus Artemia.
[1830–40]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |