"snapping shrimp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snapping shrimps [plural], snapping shrimp [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|snapping shrimp}} snapping shrimp (plural snapping shrimps or snapping shrimp)
  1. A pistol shrimp (Alpheidae). Categories (lifeform): Caridean shrimp Derived forms: teppo snapping shrimp

Inflected forms

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