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They molt multiple times, eventually becoming something less shrimpy and more lobsterlike, called a megalopa.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Western whales may be following their favorite food, krill, as the waves wash the shrimpy crustaceans eastward, where they encounter a different population of whales.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Tolkien Musk had a nickname when he was a shrimpy, smart-mouthed kid growing up in South Africa: Muskrat.

From Time • Nov. 20, 2015

My eyes can see them fine, and their little bodies and shrimpy legs that would be terrifying if magnified.

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013

We both think I’m joking until I catch a whiff of my shrimpy catering pants on the hamper and I jog to the bathroom and puke.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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