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PRONUNCIATION OF FAIRY SHRIMP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAIRY SHRIMP

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Fairy shrimp is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FAIRY SHRIMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fairy shrimp

Anostraca

Anostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are also known as fairy shrimp. They are usually 6–25 mm long. Most species have 20 body segments, bearing 11 pairs of leaf-like phyllopodia, and the body lacks a carapace. They live in vernal pools and hypersaline lakes across the world, including pools in deserts, in ice-covered mountain lakes and in Antarctica. They swim "upside-down" and feed by filtering organic particles from the water or by scraping algae from surfaces. They are an important food for many birds and fish, and are cultured and harvested for use as fish food. There are 300 species spread across 8 families.

Definition of fairy shrimp in the English dictionary

The definition of fairy shrimp in the dictionary is any small freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genera Chirocephalus, Artemia, etc, having a transparent body with many appendages and habitually swimming on its back: order Anostraca.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FAIRY SHRIMP

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Synonyms and antonyms of fairy shrimp in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fairy shrimp» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAIRY SHRIMP

Find out the translation of fairy shrimp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fairy shrimp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fairy shrimp» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

仙女虾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

camarón de hadas
570 millions of speakers

English

fairy shrimp
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परी झींगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جنية الروبيان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фея креветки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fadas camarão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরী চিংড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fée crevettes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Udang dongeng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fee Garnelen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

妖精のエビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요정 새우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Udang peri
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tôm cổ tích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவதை இறால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काणी कोळंबी मासा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Peri karides
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gamberetti fata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wróżka krewetki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фея креветки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zână creveți
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

νεράιδα γαρίδες
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

feetjie garnale
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

fairy räkor
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

fairy reker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fairy shrimp

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIRY SHRIMP»

The term «fairy shrimp» is normally little used and occupies the 135.548 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIRY SHRIMP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fairy shrimp

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAIRY SHRIMP»

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Aquatic Invertebrates of Alberta: An Illustrated Guide
Branchiopoda The subclass Branchiopoda consists of four orders: Anostraca ( fairy shrimp), Notostraca (tadpole shrimp), Conchostraca (clam shrimp), and Cladocera (water fleas). (Fryer, 1987, has recently proposed a new scheme that ...
Hugh F. Clifford, 1991
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Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
Fairy and brine shrimp In North America, mostly in the southwestern and western United States, there are fairy shrimp and brine shrimp. Approximately 200 species have been described. All these species have delicate, elongated bodies with ...
‎2001
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Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern ...
Typical — and indicative — of temporary waters are fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, and tadpole shrimp (Table 6.1). All are found in temporary waters worldwide, all have similar life-history strategies that include production of resting eggs that lie in ...
Aram J. K. Calhoun, Phillip G. DeMaynadier, 2007
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Natural History
NATURE'S MOBILIZATION Succession of five of the species — salamander, Cyclops, fairy shrimp, red copepod, and flatworm — in a temporary pond on a vacant Chicago lot, from early March to June. The length of the animal's body ( plus the ...
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1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
... D2 Australia Order ANOSTRACA Family BRANCHINECTIDAE Branchinecta belki EN 107 Bl+3cd Mexico Branchinecta conservatio Conservancy Fairy Shrimp EN " A2c USA Branchinecta longiantenna Longhorn Fairy Shrimp EN " A2c USA ...
Jonathan Baillie, Brian Groombridge, 1996
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Provisional Politics: Kantian Arguments in Policy Context
cluding unusual systems for regulating their internal chemistry to withstand the volatile hydrology of vernal pools.18 The preservation of these two species of fairy shrimp presents enormous biological and political challenges.Of the two species ...
Elisabeth Ellis, 2008
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Saline Lakes
Fugate. M.. 1993. Branchinecta san(lienoensix. a new species of fairy shrimp ( Crustacea: Anostraca) from western North America. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 106: 296-304. Hairston. N. G.. Jr.. R. A. Van Brunt. C. M. Kearns & D. R. Engstrom. 1995.
John M. Melack, Robert Jellison, David B. Herbst, 2002
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Rotifera X: Rotifer Research: Trends, New Tools and Recent ...
Numbers of Hexarthra in 200 ml field-incubated microcosms during a 2 h incubation when subject to predation by female B. mackini; physical conditions described in the text. Open circles with dashed line, control with no fairy shrimp present; ...
Alois Herzig, 2006
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Ecology of Desert Systems
(1988b), the fairy shrimp were filter-feeders and the tadpole shrimp were scavengers. The tadpole shrimp did not prey on the fairy shrimp although their well-developed mandibles suggest that they are capable of capturing and killing fairy ...
Walter G. Whitford, 2002
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Aquaculture Pond Fertilization: Impacts of Nutrient Input on ...
Fairy shrimp and predaceous insects can become troublesome soon after ponds are filled. Fairy shrimp compete with desirable crustacean zooplankton for available food resources and predaceous insects may feed directly on larval fish  ...
Charles C. Mischke, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAIRY SHRIMP»

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Pot growers create 'barren wasteland' in vernal pool and Griffin Creek
Two of the 17 complaints received by the county this year — on Griffin Creek and a fairy shrimp habitat on Dry Creek Road — represent the ... «Mail Tribune, Jun 15»
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Costa Mesa OKs $148 million budget with infrastructure spending
Over $2 million for Fairview Park, including $60,000 for fencing around vernal pools that harbor endangered fairy shrimp. - $1.7 million to ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
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Little less conversation, please
The energetic prancing of the fairy shrimp (puppeted by Rowley and Burgess) was equal parts amusing and poignant. #Less explanation and ... «San Diego Reader, Jun 15»
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Purple amole's last stand: Camp Roberts protects 32 rare species …
... Camp Roberts care for 32 protected, threatened or endangered species, including the bald eagle, vernal pool fairy shrimp and burrowing owl ... «DVIDS, Jun 15»
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COMMENTARY: Panoche Valley Solar Advocates Urge Opponents …
... address concerns that included vernal pool fairy shrimp study, impacts on groundwater, and a recent giant kangaroo rat population decrease. «Benitolink: San Benito County News, Jun 15»
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Not Strictly for the Birds: The New C2d2 Play 'Wrenegades'
All three women charm as the voices of the chirpy Fairy Shrimp (cute little puppets emerging from a vernal pool). The scenic design is simple ... «Times of San Diego, Jun 15»
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Youth study vernal pools in northern Michigan
Moving on to the second pool, the youth were excited to find fairy shrimp within minutes of surveying the pool. The results were the same for the ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jun 15»
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Vernal Pool Patrol: Salamanders, frog eggs, and fairy shrimp, oh my!
Teachers gain hands-on experiences learning alongside MSU Extension and Michigan Natural Features Inventory scientists as part of vernal ... «Michigan State University Extension, May 15»
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UC Merced's reserve the starting point to celebrate ecosystem …
... the succulent owl's clover and Hoover's spurge, as well as unusual animals such as the fairy shrimp, tiger salamanders and burrowing owls. «Merced Sun-Star, Apr 15»
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Around Broadneck: Of fairy shrimp and peepers – the vernal pools of …
What looks like deep, muddy puddles are havens for spotted and marbled salamanders, fairy shrimp, fingernail clams, gray tree frogs, peepers ... «CapitalGazette.com, Apr 15»

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