Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scurrit \Scur"rit\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   the lesser tern ({Sterna minuta}). [Prov. Eng.]



   2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
      contempt.

            This weak and writhled shrimp.        --Shak.

   {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Opossum}.

   {Spector shrimp}, or {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), any
      slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and
      allied genera. See Illust. under {L[ae]modopoda}.

   {Shrimp catcher} (Zo["o]l.), the little tern ({Sterna
      minuta}).

   {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
      dragged over the fishing ground.

Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to fairies.

   2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.

   {Fairy bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
      minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.
      

   {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bluebird}.

   {Fairy martin} (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo
      ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on
      overhanging cliffs.

   {Fairy} {rings or circles}, the circles formed in grassy
      lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly
      supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances.
      

   {Fairy shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
      crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from
      its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
      The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
      

   {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite.