seed shrimp
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[edit]Noun
[edit]seed shrimp (plural seed shrimps or seed shrimp)
- An ostracod (class Ostracoda).
- 1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 86:
- Seed shrimps (Ostracoda), usually less than 0.1 inch long, are bivalved (clamlike) crustaceans found in fresh waters of all types.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]ostracod — see ostracod