Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   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.

Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a.
   Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely
   of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
   features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton
   crystal.

   {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the
      amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.]

   {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the
      web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock;
      a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has
      not been especially fitted.

   {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been
      removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone
      remaining.

   {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the
      inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs
      being taken before the engraving is finished.

   {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of
      officers, but in which there are few enlisted men.

   {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a small crustacean of the genus
      {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[ae]modipoda}.

Source : WordNet®

skeleton shrimp
     n : small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive
         of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed