Advertisement

Advertisement

ghost shrimp

noun

  1. a shrimplike crustacean of the genus Callianassa, of the Pacific coast of North America, having a pinkish, transparent body.



Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

From several types of frogs and a Madagascan dragonfly, to a ghost shrimp and prehistoric sea creature, the list is impressive.

Read more on BBC

Researchers say a small group of gray whales that stops in Puget Sound on their annual migration, known as “the Sounders,” have been known to teach themselves how to feed on ghost shrimp burrowed in mud flats, often in shallow near-shore waters.

Read more on Seattle Times

In the summer, the Salish Sea shorelines teem with spawning herring, drawing humpback leviathans; gray whales swim right up to the beach to suck ghost shrimp out of the mud; and the return of chinook salmon brings home our three native pods of southern resident orcas.

Read more on Seattle Times

She looks more like the ghost shrimp I saw once at the Albuquerque aquarium.

Read more on Literature

But instead of our parents’ pods, the room’s back wall is a stack of beehive beds, each covered in a warming blanket for a thin-skinned ghost shrimp.

Read more on Literature

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Ghostsghost story