brine shrimp

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brine shrimp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Brine \Brine\, n. [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr.
     brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn.]
     1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle;
        hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline
        residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the
        evaporation of natural or artificial waters.
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     2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
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              Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
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              What a deal of brine
              Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
              Rosaline!                             --Shak.
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     Brine fly (Zool.), a fly of the genus Ephydra, the
        larv[ae] of which live in artificial brines and in salt
        lakes.
  
     Brine gauge, an instrument for measuring the saltness of a
        liquid.
  
     Brine pan, a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed
        by cristallization.
  
     Brine pit, a salt spring or well, from which water is taken
        to be boiled or evaporated for making salt.
  
     Brine pump (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water
        in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which
        collects at the bottom.
  
     Brine shrimp, Brine worm (Zool.), a phyllopod crustacean
        of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of
        salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia.
  
     Brine spring, a spring of salt water.
  
     Leach brine (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated
        salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.
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brine shrimp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  brine shrimp
      n 1: common to saline lakes [syn: brine shrimp, Artemia salina
           ]