land shrimp

noun

An insect, when considered as food.

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Meanings

nounland shrimp (usually uncountable, plural land shrimps)

plural land shrimps

  1. euphemisticuncountableusuallyAn insect, when considered as food.
  2. uncountableusuallyAny of various terrestrial amphipods.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cave cricket
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APA

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