'Sterna minuta' definitions:

Definition of 'Sterna minuta'

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  • Scurrit \Scur"rit\, n. (Zool.) The lesser tern (Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sterna minuta'

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  • Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
  • 1. (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda. (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. [1913 Webster]
  • This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
  • Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
  • Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
  • Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sterna minuta'

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  • Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
  • Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.
  • Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.
  • Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
  • Fairy shrimp (Zool.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
  • Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite. [1913 Webster]