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Opossum Shrimp

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Noun

1. opossum shrimp

shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs

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Opossum Shrimp

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noun
any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the genera Mysis, Praunus, etc, of the order Mysidacea, in which the females carry the eggs and young around in a ventral brood pouch

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mysid: the female carries her eggs in a pouch between the legs

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Opossum Shrimp

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n.
See mysid.

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