Aesop prawn

noun

Ae·​sop prawn

ˈē-ˌsäp-,

-səp-

1

: a small decapod crustacean of the genus Hippolyte

2

Australia : a small humpbacked prawn (Periclimenes aesopius)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin aesopius, literally, Aesopian (specific epithet of Periclimenes aesopius), from Latin Aesopus; from the belief that Aesop was humpbacked

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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