clam shrimp

noun

Any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.

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Meanings

nounclam shrimp (plural clam shrimps or clam shrimp)

plural clam shrimps

  1. Any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.

Translations

Japanese カイエビ
  • カイエビ (kaiebi)a kind of branchiopod crustacean
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clam shrimp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clam%20shrimp.

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