snapping shrimp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of snapping shrimp
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
At night, shallow reefs resound with snapping shrimp and the crunch of parrot fish chomping on coral.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022
Woodpeckers and snapping shrimp are “the two animals that seem to risk brain damage all day, every day,” Speiser says.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 14, 2022
“For example, we can calculate the number of snaps per minute in an ecosystem, to determine whether snapping shrimp crackle fills the ecosystem,” Williams says.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
Describing the recordings, Dr Lamont said the "backing track of the reef" was snapping shrimp.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2021
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