shrimps
nounHow many syllables in shrimps?
There is 1 syllable in the word shrimps.How to pronounce shrimps:
Definition of shrimps:
- shrimps (noun):
- a small crustacean (such as an amphipod or a branchiopod) resembling the true shrimp
- any of numerous mostly small and marine decapod crustaceans (suborders dendrobranchiata and pleocyemata) having a slender elongated body, a compressed abdomen, and a long spiny rostrum and including some (especially family penaeidae) that are commercially important as food
Synonyms for shrimps:
accumulates
clams
fishes
harvests
picks
reaps
seals
whales
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