Usage examples (35)

• Because of this pouch-like structure, Mysis is sometimes called the opossum shrimp.
• This endemic opossum is found in this ecoregion and others in dry forests in northern Colombia and Venezuela.
• The common opossum is the size of a house cat, with a long, pointed nose, round ears, short legs, and is predominantly grey in color.
• Superficially, mysidaceans look much like small shrimp, and since they have a ventral marsupium, they are often called opossum shrimp.