Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emperor shrimp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: em-per-or shrimp
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus; it is found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Inflected Forms

emperor shrimps (plural)

Questions

What does emperor shrimp mean?: A species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus; it is found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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