Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snapping_shrimp

1 sense of snapping shrimp

Sense 1
snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp -- (small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae)
       => shrimp -- (small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible)