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clam shrimp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
clam shrimp
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.

Inflected Forms

clam shrimps (plural)

Questions

What does clam shrimp mean?
Any branchiopod crustacean of the suborders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata, or Spinicaudata (of the disused superorder Conchostraca), covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds, with many identified extinct and extant species used to date strata.

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