shrimplike
Resembling tiny prawns
Resembling a shrimp in appearance, movement, or posture—small, curved, or crustacean in form.
The word describes anything from marine creatures to the way someone curls up: The larva had a shrimplike body, He slept in a shrimplike position.
Small marine crustaceans
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- copepodsMinute aquatic crustaceans
- amphipodsSmall laterally-flattened crustaceans
- decapodsTen-appendaged sea creatures
carapace · antennae · brine · prawns · crayfish · lobster · zooplankton · isopods
Very small, or nickname form
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- tinyExtremely small in size
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
- microscopicToo small for eyes
wee · petite · undersized · compact · pint-sized · teensy · bitty · infinitesimal
Easily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- weakLacking power or force
- vulnerableOpen to attack
slight · spindly · scrawny · puny · wispy · insubstantial · flimsy · meager
Lacking significance or weight
- negligibleToo small to consider
- minorScale with lowered third
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
peripheral · petty · trifling · expendable · dispensable · marginal · paltry · lowly
krill
Small marine crustaceans
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- copepodsMinute aquatic crustaceans
- amphipodsSmall laterally-flattened crustaceans
decapods · carapace · antennae · brine · prawns · crayfish · lobster · zooplankton · isopods · barnacles
diminutive
Very small, or nickname form
microscopic · wee · petite · undersized · compact · pint-sized · teensy · bitty · infinitesimal · nano
hunched
Bent at spine
crooked · stooped · bowed · huddled · crouched · coiled · rounded · humpbacked · flexed · contorted
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
vulnerable · slight · spindly · scrawny · puny · wispy · insubstantial · flimsy · meager · underdeveloped
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- negligibleToo small to consider
- minorScale with lowered third
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
inconsequential · peripheral · petty · trifling · expendable · dispensable · marginal · paltry · lowly · unremarkable
shrimplikewhalelike
Resembling the largest mammal
elephantine · hulking · gigantic · colossal · mammoth
shrimplikefishlike
Resembling aquatic vertebrates
serpentine · humanoid · mammalian · birdlike · wormlike
shrimplikeupright
Vertical or morally sound
erect · ramrod-straight · towering · statuesque · imposing
like, shrimp, shrimps, shrimpy, shrimped, shrimping, shrimper, shrimpers, shrimpiest