cleaner shrimp

noun

Any of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.

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Meanings

nouncleaner shrimp (plural cleaner shrimps or cleaner shrimp)

plural cleaner shrimps

  1. biologyAny of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.
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