| prawn (prôn) n. Any of various edible crustaceans similar to but larger than the shrimps. intr.v. prawned, prawn·ing, prawns To fish for prawns. [Middle English praine, prane.] prawn  er n. |
prawn [prɔːn]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small edible marine decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., having a slender flattened body with a long tail and two pairs of pincers
come the raw prawn Austral informal to attempt deception
[of obscure origin]
prawner n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  prawn - any of various edible decapod crustaceansshrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible shrimp cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc river prawn - large Australian prawn |
| 2. | prawn - shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax genus Palaemon, Palaemon - type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus long-clawed prawn, Palaemon australis, river prawn - large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers | |
| Verb | 1. | prawn - fish for prawns fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends" |
Translations
prawn [prɔːn]
A. N (esp Brit) (medium) → gamba f, camarón m (esp LAm); (small) → camarón m, quisquilla f (Sp); (= Dublin Bay prawn, large prawn) → langostino m
prawn
n → Garnele f
n prawn [proːn]
a type of edible shellfish like the shrimp. garnaal قُريْدِس، جَمْبَري едра скарида garnát reje die Garnele καραβίδα (grande) langostino, (mediano) gamba, (pequeño) camarón krevett میگو katkarapu crevette rose סַרטָן झींगा kozica,mala vrsta škampa garnélarák udang djúphafsrækja scampo くるまえび 참새우 krevetė garnele udang garnaal stor reke krewetka camarão crevetă креветка garnát, kreveta kozica (rakec) škampi räka กุ้ง iri karides 對蝦 креветка جھينگا tôm panđa 对虾
prawn → رُوبيَان kreveta reje Garnele γαρίδα camarón, gamba katkarapu crevette škamp gambero クルマエビ 참새우 garnaal (stor) reke krewetka camarão креветка räka กุ้ง karides con tôm 虾
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