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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPOSSUM SHRIMP

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Opossum shrimp is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OPOSSUM SHRIMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

opossum shrimp

Mysida

Mysida is an order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida. Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a brood pouch or "marsupium" in females. The fact that the larvae are reared in this pouch and are not free-swimming characterises the order. The mysid's head bears a pair of stalked eyes and two pairs of antennae. The thorax consists of eight segments each bearing branching limbs, the whole concealed beneath a protective carapace and the abdomen has six segments and usually further small limbs. Mysids are found throughout the world in both shallow and deep marine waters where they can be benthic or pelagic, but they are also important in some fresh water and brackish ecosystems. Many benthic species make daily vertical migrations into higher parts of the water column. Mysids are filter feeders, omnivores that feed on algae, detritus and zooplankton. Some mysids are cultured in the laboratory for experimental purposes and are used as a food source for other cultured marine organisms. They are sensitive to water pollution, so are sometimes used as bioindicators to monitor water quality.

Definition of opossum shrimp in the English dictionary

The definition of opossum shrimp in the dictionary is any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the genera Mysis, Praunus, etc, of the order Mysidacea, in which the females carry the eggs and young around in a ventral brood pouch.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE OPOSSUM SHRIMP

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

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Translation of «opossum shrimp» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPOSSUM SHRIMP

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Translator English - Chinese

负鼠虾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

camarones zarigüeya
570 millions of speakers

English

opossum shrimp
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओपस्सम झींगा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأبوسوم الروبيان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опоссум креветки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gambá camarão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপ্রয়োজনীয় চিংড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mysis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Udang opossum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Opossum Garnelen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オポッサムエビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주머니쥐 새우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Udang opossum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tôm thú có túi ôpôt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த இறால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळंबी मासा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karides
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gambero opossum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opos krewetki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опосум креветки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oposum creveți
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

opossum γαρίδες
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

opossum garnale
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

opossum räka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pungreke
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPOSSUM SHRIMP» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPOSSUM SHRIMP»

Discover the use of opossum shrimp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to opossum shrimp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay
Shrimps of Many Sorts Bay opossum shrimp are shrimplike creatures that carry their young in a specially adapted marsupium, or pouch, which gives them their common name. When released from the pouch, the young are well developed and ...
Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, 2006
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From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy
The problems started soon after the opossum shrimp introductions — and escalated in the 1980s. The introduced shrimp fed voraciously on the smaller copepods and cladocerans. Although it was assumed that kokanee would feed on the ...
Michael P. Dombeck, Christopher A. Wood, Jack Edward Williams, 2003
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AQUIRE: Aquatic Information Retrieval Toxicity Data Base : ...
... Bowmaniella dissimilis Mysid, Opossum Shrimp CR MYSI O 226 Leptomysis mediterranea Opossum Shrimp CR MYSI 133 1984 Mysidacea Mysid Or Opossum Shrimp CR MYSI 1O Order 1295 Mysidopsis almyra Opossum Shrimp CR MYSI ...
Rosemarie C. Russo, Anne Pilli, Environmental Research Laboratory (Duluth, Minn.), 1985
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Ecology of Aquatic Management
Kokanee One of the most infamous introductions is that of opossum shrimp ( Mysis relicta) (see Fig. 1), not as a target species for recreational harvesting but as a food source, with the aim of enhancing populations of target fish species.
Chris Frid, Mike Dobson, Michael Dobson, 2013
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Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
Also known as “opossum shrimp” because they brood their babies in pouches, mysids are often used as aquarium fish food, because even the most expensive finicky eaters, like sea horses, angel fish, and even sea dragons can't resist them.
Jack Rudloe, Anne Rudloe, 2009
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Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications ...
... (opossum shrimp), 251 Mysis (opossum shrimp), 250f Mysis relicata (opossum shrimp), 2821 Myxobolrs cerebralis (whirling disease), 630 N Nitrosomonas, 1771, 350-351 Nitzschia, 527f Noctilio, 2561 Nodularia, 197 Nostoc, 310f, 346f, 540, ...
Walter K. Dodds, Matt R Whiles, 2010
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Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
29 Examples of the Frankenstein Effect are the introduction of blue tilapia into Lake Effie in Florida and the introduction of opossum shrimp in Flathead Lake in Montana. When the tilapia was introduced in 1 970, it consisted of less than 1 ...
Vandana Shiva, 2000
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Pollutant Effects in Freshwater: Applied Limnology, Third ...
The introduction of opossum shrimp to Flathead Lake (Montana) was intentional. Between 1968 and 1975, fish managers introduced opossum shrimp to more than 100 lakes in western North America to provide additional food for kokanee ...
J. Jacoby, E. Welch, 2004
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日本料理用語辞典 (英文): Ingredients & Culture
H, opossum shrimp, mysis Neomysis spp. An extremely small shrimp, not longer than 2 cm at the most. It is usually made into shiokara, but is also dried and prepared as tsukudani. ami yaki &> 3+ *? § $?"$£ § grilling done on a griddle ...
Richard Hosking, 1996
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Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation
Managers introduced freshwater opossum shrimp (Mysis relicta) to several lakes between 1968 and 1975 believing that the shrimp would serve as a key supplement to the salmon's diet.The problem with this strategy was two—fold. First ...
Oswald J. Schmitz, 2013

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPOSSUM SHRIMP»

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Bay Delta Fish You've Never Heard Of: Longfin Smelt
Longfin smelt live from one to three years, eating zooplankton and slightly larger crustaceans such as opossum shrimp, and then -- when that ... «KCET, Jul 15»
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National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Bloody red shrimp
Similar species: Great Lakes opossum shrimp (Mysis diluviana). According to NOAA, the best way to tell the two species apart is by the shape ... «Michigan State University Extension, Feb 15»
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The spiny waterflea has arrived – What's next?
Mysids, also known as opossum shrimp, play an important role in the energy and food dynamics of the lake. They migrate vertically in the water ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Oct 14»
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What lies beneath: Flathead Lake Biological Station shares research …
... research assistant professor, explained how the food web of Flathead Lake changed drastically after the introduction of the opossum shrimp ... «Valleyjournal, Aug 14»
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Mack Days one of many means of reducing lake trout
In 1968, opossum shrimp or 'Mysis shrimp', were introduced to the Ashley, Swan, and Whitefish Lakes to boost kokanee fish populations. «Char-Koosta News, Mar 14»
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Biologists use Arctic char to combat invasive shrimp population
Mysis diluviana, the opossum shrimp, was introduced into Dillon Reservoir in 1970 as a food source to fatten up trout and salmon in the lake. «Phys.Org, Jan 14»
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Kokanee headed upstream to spawn and die
The tiny opossum shrimp were introduced to many interior fishing lakes as feed for trout, but ended up as competition for young kokanee since ... «Kelowna Capital News, Sep 13»
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How Non-Native Shrimp Transformed The Ecosystem at Montana's …
The opossum shrimp, mysis diluviana, is a seemingly innocuous creature. So named because females have a pouch on their underside in ... «New West, Jan 11»

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