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shrimplike

shrimplike

3.8
A thing that looks like a small shrimp with a curved body and legs
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃrɪmpˌlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a un camarón
  • When the divers explored the reef, they saw many colorful, shrimplike animals darting between the corals.
  • shrimplike krill
  • shrimplike creature

Examples

  • Amphipods—small, shrimplike crustaceans abundant in the Southern Ocean—were feeding on the algal beds and scurried beneath a rock.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The ocean is home to many shrimplike organisms that thrive in its depths.

  • Tiny, shrimplike creatures swarmed around the boat, attracted by the light during the night.

How Similar

shrimplike
3.8
similar
∞ 1.0
like
534 1.0
unlike
1.5

Surface Forms

shrimplike positive

Morphology

shrimplike = shrimp (transparent) = shrimp + like

Literal adjectival formation from 'shrimp' + '-like' meaning 'resembling a shrimp', so the sense is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Shrimplike comes from shrimp, a small sea animal, and the ending -like which means 'similar to'. So shrimplike literally means 'similar to a shrimp' and is used for things that look like a shrimp in shape or size.