Scurrit \Scur"rit\, n. (Zool.)
   The lesser tern (Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.]
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Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
   shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
   1. (Zool.)
      (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
          belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
          having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
          used as food. The larger kinds are called also
          prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
      (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
          tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
          Schizopoda, having a similar form.
      (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
          amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
          fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
          Brine.
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   2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
      contempt.
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            This weak and writhled shrimp.        --Shak.
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   Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.

   Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
      amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
      genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.

   Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
      

   Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
      dragged over the fishing ground.
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Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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   2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
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   Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna
      minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
      

   Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.

   Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel)
      that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging
      cliffs.

   Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in
      grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades),
      formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
      midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such
      circles may have diameters larger than three meters.

   Fairy shrimp (Zool.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
      crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from
      its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
      The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
      

   Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.
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