pram bug

noun

Any amphipod of genus Phronima.

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Meanings

nounpram bug (plural pram bugs)

plural pram bugs

  1. Any amphipod of genus Phronima.

    The double pairs of compound eyes of the small but sinister Pram bug, which allow it to scan for prey and danger at the same time.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107
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