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Prawn   Listen
noun
Prawn  n.  (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palaemon serratus. Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.





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"Prawn" Quotes from Famous Books



... as if a bomb had suddenly exploded in the room. A dreadful silence fell upon his hearers. For the moment no one spoke. R. P. de Parys woke with a start out of a beautiful dream of prawn curry and Bromham Rhodes forgot that he had not tasted food for nearly two hours. Miss Verepoint was the first to break ...
— A Man of Means • P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill


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


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