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peppermint shrimp

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English

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a peppermint shrimp

Etymology

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peppermint + shrimp. The alternating red and white markings resemble the traditional colors of peppermint candies.

Noun

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peppermint shrimp (countable and uncountable, plural peppermint shrimp or peppermint shrimps)

  1. Lysmata wurdemanni, a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean, distinctive for the bright red stripes on its otherwise translucent body.

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