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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrimp \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
     schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
     Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink},
     {Shrivel}.]
     To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
     shriveled appearance. See {Shrimp}, v.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) 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}.
        (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
            tribe {Caridea}, or any species of the order
            Schizopoda, having a similar form.
        (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
            amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
            fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under {Fairy}, and
            {Brine}.
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     2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
        contempt.
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              This weak and writhled shrimp.        --Shak.
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     {Opossum shrimp}. (Zool.) See under {Opossum}.
  
     {Spector shrimp}, or {Skeleton shrimp} (Zool.), any slender
        amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied
        genera. See Illust. under {Laemodopoda}.
  
     {Shrimp catcher} (Zool.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}).
        
  
     {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
        dragged over the fishing ground.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shrimp
       n 1: disparaging terms for small people [syn: {runt}, {peewee}, {half-pint}]
       2: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: {prawn}]
       3: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with
          a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are
          edible
       v : fish for shrimp

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrimp":
     Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta,
     Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Lilliputian, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea,
     Phoronidea, Tom Thumb, a nobody, a nothing, angle, bait the hook,
     bantam, banty, blue point, bob, brownie, button, chit, cipher,
     clam, common man, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish,
     dap, dib, dibble, diminutive, drive, dummy, dwarf, elf,
     featherweight, figurehead, fingerling, fish, fly-fish, gig, gnome,
     go fishing, grig, guddle, homunculus, insignificancy, jack,
     jacklight, jackstraw, jig, langouste, lightweight, limpet,
     little fellow, little guy, littleneck clam, lobster, man of straw,
     manikin, mediocrity, midge, midget, mini, minikin, minnow, minny,
     mouse, mussel, nebbish, net, nobody one knows, nonentity, nubbin,
     obscurity, oyster, peewee, periwinkle, pip-squeak, pony, prawn,
     punk, pygmy, quahog, runt, scallop, scrub, seine, shellfish, slip,
     small fry, small potato, small potatoes, snail, snip, snippet,
     soft-shell crab, spin, squirt, squit, steamer, still-fish, tit,
     torch, trawl, troll, wart, whale, whelk, whiffet, whippersnapper,
     wisp
  
  

















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