brine shrimp

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noun

a small crustacean, Artemia salina, of the order Anostraca, common to saline lakes, including Great Salt Lake in Utah.

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Origin of brine shrimp

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby brine shrimp

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How to use brine shrimp in a sentence

The feathers get their red color from carotenoids, molecules responsible for many natural pigments, found in the birds’ steady diet of brine shrimp and algae.
Flamingos dye their sun-faded feathers to stay pretty in pink|Rebecca Dzombak|October 26, 2021|Science News
More importantly, it’s up to 10 times the swimming speeds of crustaceans and fish roughly as big as the larvae, and more than 150 times those of young brine shrimp that the researchers fed them.
Mantis shrimp start practicing their punches at just 9 days old|Charles Choi|April 29, 2021|Science News
Chicken satay and shrimp cocktail are also good options, as you can watch the skewers and tails stack up.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work|DailyBurn|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Salmon burgers and shrimp burgers are available, too, but they are no match for the crab.
Become a Fried Seafood Believer at South Beach Market|Jane & Michael Stern|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Dumping the brine from Point A into Point B is likely to cause lasting ecological damage.
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Idea for Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Cooperation|Emily L. Hauser|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The cafeteria style stop is basically a comfort food joint—think baby back ribs, shrimp and grits, and gumbo—done well.
Delayed? The Best Airport Restaurants to Eat at This Thanksgiving|Brandy Zadrozny|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I plan to get shrimp as well as the catfish and also the roast beef.
New Orleans Celebrates Its Favorite Sandwich at the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival|Tyler Gillespie|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Even the Chinese shrimp-pickers were lounging on the beach before their little shack village.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Under these circumstances, the learned counsel called on the jury to reduce the damages to a shrimp.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The floors and steps are wet and slippery with brine and with the blood of herrings dripping down from one floor to another.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
Rub thoroughly with strong brine, or a solution of sal ammoniac dissolved in eight times its weight of water.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
It is, of course, a dead sea, for there is absolutely nothing living in it save a variety of shrimp of low organization.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram