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opossum shrimp
o·pos·sum shrimp (plural o·pos·sum shrimps)


noun 
Definition:
 
shellfish resembling shrimp: a crustacean that resembles a shrimp, the female of which carries the eggs and newly hatched young in a pouch just below the thorax. Order Mysidacae.
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