sea monkey
English
Etymology
From the brand name Sea-Monkeys.
Noun
sea monkey (plural sea monkeys)
- A brine shrimp, sold as a novelty aquarium pet.
- 2008, Anna Nicholas, Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof: Mayhem in Mayfair and Mallorca:
- 'I think one of my sea monkeys is ill.'
He holds the small plastic sea tank aloft and points at a black speck the size of a pinhead.
- 2011, Linus Christian Rollman, Greg Logan Neps, Crocodiles and Coconuts (page 44)
- Greg is a sea monkey farmer. Every year he sells 4.5% of his herd (if that's what you'd call a group of sea monkeys) at the international sea monkey auction.
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