skeleton shrimp (skeleton shrimp)

A small, slender crustacean of the family Caprel lidæ, as Caprella linear is; a specter-shrimp; a mantis-shrimp. Also called skeleton - screw. skeleton-spicule (skel'e-ton-spik"ūl), n. In sponges, one of the skeletal spicules, or supporting spicules of the skeleton; a mega sclere, as distinguished from a flesh-spicule or micro sclere. See spicule. skeleton wise (skel'e-ton-wiz), adv. In the manner of a skeleton, framework, or outline. Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 382. skeletotrophic (skel"e-to-trof'ik), a. [ Othir fysch to flet with fyne, Sum with skale and sum with skell . York Plays , p. 12. skellet (skel'et), n. An obsolete or dialectal form of skillet. skelloch1 (skel'och), v. i. [Cf. Icel. skell a, clash, clang, rattle, etc., causal of skjalla, clash, clatter, etc.: see scold.] To cry with a shrill voice. Jamie son. [Scotch.]