2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.

This weak and writhled shrimp.

Shak.

Opossum shrimp. (Zoöl.) See under Opossum. -- Spector shrimp, or

Skeleton shrimp (Zoöl.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus

Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Læmodopoda. -- Shrimp

catcher (Zoöl.), the little tern (Sterna minuta). -- Shrimp net, a

dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing

ground.

Shrimp"er (?), n. One who fishes for shrimps.

Shrine (shrn), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scrn, from L. scrinium a case,

chest, box.] 1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are

deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

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