What does shrimpling mean?
Shrimpling means A young or miniature shrimp..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A young or miniature shrimp..
[…] not very unlike a black pin in length and obesity — the gauze-bottomed trays containing the adult shrimp are simply 'shaken over the water,' and innumerable semi-microscopic shrimplings are promptly extruded and drop into the fry-tank […]
Their own sky is but a ceiling ringed with painted nymphs, and could I drop one of those shrimplings overboard, just as a great ray is passing, its breadth that of two gentlemen's cloaks, […]
He filled the ponds with water, then dumped in thousands of shrimplings (purchased from hatcheries outside the state) and called the operation Desert Sweet Shrimp.
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Shrimpling means A young or miniature shrimp..
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[…] not very unlike a black pin in length and obesity — the gauze-bottomed trays containing the adult shrimp are simply 'shaken over the water,' and innumerable semi-microscopic shrimplings are promptly extruded and drop into the fry-tank […]
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