Scampinoun
A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus).
Shrimpnoun
Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
Scampinoun
(especially in Australia) Any similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns.
Shrimpnoun
(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
Scampinoun
plural of scampo
Shrimpnoun
(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
Scampinoun
large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic
Shrimpverb
(intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
Scampi
Scampi, also called Dublin Bay Prawn or Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), is an edible lobster of the order Decapoda. It is widespread in the Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic, from North Africa to Norway and Iceland, and is a gastronomic delicacy.
Shrimpverb
To contract; to shrink.
Shrimpverb
To contract; to shrink.
Shrimpnoun
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
Shrimpnoun
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; - in contempt.
βThis weak and writhled shrimp.β;
Shrimpnoun
disparaging terms for small people
Shrimpnoun
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
Shrimpnoun
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
Shrimpverb
fish for shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are decapod crustaceans with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion β most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata. More narrow definitions may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group or to only the marine species.