SKELETON SHRIMP

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Meaning:

Small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("skeleton shrimp" is a kind of...):

amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)

Holonyms ("skeleton shrimp" is a member of...):

Caprella; genus Caprella (skeleton shrimp)

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