| 单词 | pistol shrimp |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspistol shrimp pistol shrimp n. any of various marine shrimps of the families Alpheidae and Crangonidae (infraorder Caridea), having one enlarged chela which can be snapped shut with a loud concussion used for defence and for stunning prey; also called snapping prawn, snapping shrimp. ΚΠ 1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 189 Beneath the masses of colonial animals are found many retiring organisms such as the pistol shrimps, Crangon dentipes, C. bellimanus and Synalpheus lockingtoni, [etc.]. 2002 M. D. Greenfield Signalers & Receivers iv. 134 The pistol shrimp Alphaeus heterochaelis generates very intense clicks by snapping the two segments of an enlarged chela together. < as lemmas |
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