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Prawn   /prɔn/   Listen
Prawn

noun
1.
Any of various edible decapod crustaceans.  Synonym: shrimp.
2.
Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible.



Related searches:
long-clawed prawn
mantis prawn
river prawn
tropical prawn


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"Prawn" Quotes from Famous Books



... shallower or deeper as the case may be, hung from the fork of two twigs, made of fine grass and slender strips of some tenacious bark and bound round and round the twigs, and secured to them much as a prawn-net is to its wooden framework. Some nests contain no extraneous matters, but others have all kinds of odds and ends—scraps of newspaper or cloth, shavings, rags, snake-skins, thread, &c.—interwoven in the exterior. The interior is always neatly ...
— The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 • Allan O. Hume


Words linked to "Prawn" :   Palaemon, mantis prawn, decapod, river prawn, Palaemon australis, decapod crustacean, genus Palaemon, fish, shrimp cocktail, tropical prawn, long-clawed prawn, seafood


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