grass shrimp

English

Noun

grass shrimp (plural grass shrimps)

1. Certain shrimp of North American waters
   1. of genus Hippolyte that live in eelgrass along of the Pacific coast of North America.
   2. of genus Palaemon of the Atlantic, used for bait.

   Synonym: Palaemonetes

Derived terms

• daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemon pugio)

Translations

certain North American shrimp

• French: please add this translation if you can

References

• “grass shrimp”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Hippolyte (crustacean) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippolyte on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hippolyte on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Palaemon (crustacean) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Palaemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Palaemonetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons