Found 2 hits - Term: fairy shrimp, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fairy \fair"y\, a.
1. of or pertaining to fairies.
1913 webster
2. given by fairies; as, fairy money. --dryden.
1913 webster
fairy bird zool., the euoropean little tern sterna
minuta; -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
fairy bluebird. zool. see under bluebird.
fairy martin zool., a european swallow hirrundo ariel
that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging
cliffs.
fairy rings or fairy circles, the circles formed in
grassy lawns by certain fungi as marasmius oreades,
formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. such
circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
fairy shrimp zool., a european fresh-water phyllopod
crustacean chirocephalus diaphanus; -- so called from
its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
the name is sometimes applied to similar american species.
fairy stone paleon., an echinite.
1913 webster
see also:
fairy bird sterna minuta sea swallow hooded tern fairy bluebird bluebird
fairy martin hirrundo ariel fairy rings fairy circles marasmius oreades
fairy shrimp chirocephalus diaphanus fairy stone
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fairy shrimp
n : small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with
many appendages; swims on its back
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about fairy shrimp: Shrimp
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Shrimp, definition of term: Shrimp
shrimp_pag1.html Fairy
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Fairy, definition of term: Fairy
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Fairy Ring, definition of term: Fairy Ring
fairy+ring_pag1.html Brine Shrimp
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Brine Shrimp, definition of term: Brine Shrimp
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