Shrimp



noun
1.
(a small long tailed crustacean valued as food, a small slight person) ព្រោន, សត្វបង្កង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
(FIGURATIVE) A little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
verb
1.
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.
2.
In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
3.
In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp.
1.
To contract, to shrink