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prawn

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prawn  \Prawn\,  n.  [OE.  prane,  of  unknown  origin;  cf  L.  perna  a 
  sea  mussel.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  large  shrimplike  Crustacea 
  having  slender  legs  and  long  antenn[ae].  They  mostly  belong 
  to  the  genera  {Pandalus},  {Pal[ae]mon},  {Pal[ae]monetes},  and 
  {Peneus},  and  are  much  used  as  food.  The  common  English  prawn 
  is  {Pal[ae]mon  serratus}. 
 
  Note:  The  name  is  often  applied  to  any  large  shrimp. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prawn 
  n  1:  any  of  various  edible  decapod  crustaceans  [syn:  {shrimp}] 
  2:  shrimp-like  decapod  crustacean  having  two  pairs  of  pincers; 
  most  are  edible 
  v  :  fish  for  prawns




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