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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



... eat of the best: Of chicken cream and pigeon in soy-ed, With a brown noodle of pork and prawn, And a curry of fish and a large Chung Goun, Sweet onions, and black eggs and chow chow. And when we have done, We will have cakes and tea, and music and songs, And call in our white friends ...
— Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse • Thomas Burke


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


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