brine shrimp
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- noun
- /braɪn ʃrɪmp/
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gambas de salmuera
- The aquarium owner fed the fish with live brine shrimp to promote their health.
- brine shrimp eggs
- parthenogenetic brine shrimp
- brine shrimp, Artemia salina
As flamingos eat brine shrimp and algae, their feathers become that signature hot pink.
- As flamingos eat brine shrimp and algae, their feathers become that signature hot pink.
Examples
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PHOTO: A female brine shrimp carries eggs that may develop into cysts, which can survive for years in a dormant state.
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Larvae are fed a mixture of algae and brine shrimp.
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Despite their success in Europe, Asia, and Africa, parthenogenetic brine shrimp do not occur in the New World.
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The only inputs are the live brine shrimp that I hatched myself.
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By employing a number of ecological and genetic strategies, brine shrimp are able to live in these habitats as well.
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In the laboratory, polyploid brine shrimp have higher numbers of offspring and longer reproductive periods than diploid individuals.
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Algae are cultivated at Carne while the brine shrimp eggs are imported from the Great Salt Lakes in Utah, USA.
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Brine shrimp are superbly adapted to the severe physiological demands imposed by hypersaline ecosystems.
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Flamingos are known for their pink color, which comes from the brine shrimp they eat.
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The brine shrimp thrive in salty waters, making them ideal for fish feed.
Synonyms
A very small shrimp that lives in salty lakes and ponds and is often used to feed young fish
A small shrimp that lives in very salty water and is used to feed fish and other aquarium animals
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'brine' (salty water) with 'shrimp' (a small crustacean): it denotes shrimp that live in salty or brackish water. This compositional noun compound follows common cross-linguistic naming patterns for animals and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The noun brine shrimp starts from the literal words brine and shrimp: small, shrimp-like animals that live in very salty water. Because they are easy to collect in 'brine' lakes and are often used as 'fish food', the name helps you remember both what they are and where they live.