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SEAmonkey egg

SEAmonkey egg

9.2
An egg of a tiny saltwater shrimp sold in pet kits to hatch
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːəˌmʌŋki ɛɡ/
translation icon : huevo de SEAmonkey
  • The kit includes a packet of SEAmonkey eggs and instructions for hatching them.

Examples

  • Children are fascinated by how quickly SEAmonkey eggs come to life in water.

  • The SEAmonkey egg hatches in about 24 hours.

  • We watched the SEAmonkey eggs hatch yesterday.

  • I bought a kit with SEAmonkey eggs last week.

  • Children are fascinated by how quickly SEAmonkey eggs come to life in water.

  • The kit includes a packet of SEAmonkey eggs and instructions for hatching them.

  • We watched the SEAmonkey eggs hatch yesterday.

Synonyms

egg
vsSEAmonkey egg
∞ 1.0

An oval object laid by birds and some animals that you eat

is a tiny reproductive item sold for novelty pet kits, not mainly for food

Surface Forms

SEAmonkey egg singular
SEAmonkey eggs plural

Morphology

SEAmonkey + egg

The noun 'egg' clearly signals a reproductive object, so the structure 'X egg' is transparent in form, but 'SEAmonkey' is a branded, non-dictionary coinage (not analyzable straightforwardly as 'sea' + 'monkey') that specifically refers to brine shrimp sold in novelty kits. A B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not reliably infer the specific referent (brine‑shrimp eggs) without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

SEAmonkey egg comes from a toy name for tiny brine shrimp sold in kits: the little animals were called SEAmonkeys to sound playful, and the dry cysts are the eggs you add to water. When you add water, the eggs 'come to life', so the name explains why it means the 'egg of a brine shrimp' sold as a 'novelty pet'.