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brine shrimp
noun
: any of a genus (Artemia) of branchiopod crustaceans that can exist in strongly saline environments
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Abyssal microplastics appear to sink from the surface of the open ocean, and polystyrene particles increase the bioaccumulation of SSRIs in brine shrimp.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Some were wearing brine shrimp costumes, bird costumes, bird masks.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2024
The barnacles were fed fresh brine shrimp for three weeks to monitor their growth.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2023
Sealing off the breach slowed the southern arm’s surging salinity levels, which had already begun killing off its microbes, brine flies, brine shrimp and the birds that depend on them.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
The Great Salt Lake supports more than 10 million migrating birds, billion-dollar minerals businesses and a multimillion-dollar brine shrimp harvesting industry.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
The waters in California’s dry lakes have delivered a living bumper crop — brine shrimp.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
Compass also has rights to 205,000 acre-feet in the south arm of the lake, which state resource managers sealed off from the north arm last year to keep salinity levels from spiking and killing off keystone species in the ecosystem, like brine flies and brine shrimp.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
So, like the lakes themselves, the brine shrimp too are zombies of a sort.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Brine shrimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brine%20shrimp. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
brine shrimp
noun
: any of a genus of crustaceans found especially in salt lakes
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