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shrimp vs decapod crustacean

decapod crustacean vs shrimp

shrimp and decapod crustacean both are nouns.

shrimp is a verb but decapod crustacean is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shrimp Yes No Yes No
decapod crustacean Yes No No No
As nouns, decapod crustacean is a hypernym of shrimp; that is, decapod crustacean is a word with a broader meaning than shrimp:
  • shrimp: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
  • decapod crustacean: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
Other hypernyms of shrimp include decapod.
shrimp (noun) decapod crustacean (noun)
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
disparaging terms for small people
shrimp (verb) decapod crustacean (verb)
fish for shrimp
Difference between shrimp and decapod crustacean

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