Compounds
“A shrimp farm is a saltwater feedlot”- salt/water feed/lot (2 compounds)- page 168
Freshwater runoff
Ponytail- page 164
Sinking Shrimpfleet
Old-timer- page 163
Playful Combinations
“Gulf shrimpers, the last cowboys of the sea…” (page 166)
Skinners- “reminded me of cowboys…” (page 165)
Gold rush days- (page 166)
Dumpster Dive- (page 161)
Neologisms
Marifarm
Recast Words
Trash, by-catch, juvenile (page 166)
A circus of boats (page 165)
Boats galloped
"...they begin devouring one-celled algae called diatoms..." (page 164)
Raised Shrimp
"These babies molt through a dozen stages as tiny spiderlike creatures..." (page 164)
Pun
As sharp as cocktail sauce
Stuck in my craw
Verbs
Trawl
Gallop
Evoked
Whet
Molt
Devour
Dismay
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