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Noun: seed shrimp
  1. Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
    "Seed shrimp are often used as indicators of water quality in ecological studies";
    - mussel shrimp, ostracod

Derived forms: seed shrimps

Type of: crustacean

Part of: Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda

Encyclopedia: Seed shrimp