ホウネンエビ

noun

fairy shrimp; Branchinella kugenumaensis

A species of freshwater fairy shrimp found in Japan. The name literally means 'bountiful year shrimp' because its appearance was thought to foretell a good harvest.

• 田たんぼにホウネンエビが泳およいでいる。

  Fairy shrimp are swimming in the rice paddy.