Prawn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various edible crustaceans similar to but larger than the shrimps.
  • verb-intransitive. To fish for prawns.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A large shrimp.
  • n. A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
  • v. To fish for prawns.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennæ. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palæmon, Palæmonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palæmon serratus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A longtailed ten-footed crustacean, Palæmon serratus, abundant on the shores of Great Britain, resembling the shrimp, but having a long serrate rostrum; hence, any species of the family Palæmonidæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
  • v. fish for prawns
  • n. any of various edible decapod crustaceans
  • Verb Form
    prawned    prawning    prawns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fish   
    Form
    king prawn   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    butterface   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Amon    Braun    Dawn    Mayon    Quinton    Sean    Shaun    Shawn    Swan    Vaughan   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shrimp    shellfish    scallop    mussel    clam    sardine    lobster    terrapin    squid    crab