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1. (n.) prawn
any of various shrimplike crustaceans of the genera Palaemonetes, Penaeus, etc., some of which are used as food.
2. prawn
any shrimp.
3. (v.i.) prawn
to catch prawns, as for food.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME prane, of uncert. orig.)
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1. (noun) prawn, shrimp
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
2. (verb) prawn
shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
3. (verb) prawn
fish for prawns
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1. (noun) prawn
shrimp
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1. (noun) prawn
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
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Sense: a type of edible shellfish like the shrimp.
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 Afrikaans: garnaal |
 Arabic: قُريْدِس، جَمْبَري |
 Bulgarian: едра скарида |
 Brazilian: camarão |
 Czech: garnát |
 German: die Garnele |
 Danish: reje |
 Greek: καραβίδα |
 Spanish: (grande) langostino, (med |
 Estonian: krevett |
 Farsi: میگو |
 Finnish: katkarapu |
 French: crevette rose |
 Hebrew: סַרטָן |
 Hindi: झींगा |
 Croatian: kozica, mala vrstaškampa |
 Hungarian: garnélarák |
 Indonesian: udang |
 Icelandic: djúphafsrækja |
 Italian: scampo |
 Japanese: くるまえび |
 Korean: 참새우 |
 Lithuanian: krevetė |
 Latvian: garnele |
 Malay: udang |
 Dutch: garnaal |
 Norwegian: stor reke |
 Polish: krewetka |
 Persian: يك نوع خرچنگ، ميگو |
 Pashto: يو ډول چنګاښ |
 Portuguese: camarão |
 Romanian: crevetă |
 Russian: креветка |
 Slovak: garnát, kreveta |
 Slovenian: kozica (rakec) |
 Serbian: škampi |
 Swedish: räka |
 Thai: กุ้ง |
 Turkish: iri karides |
 Taiwanese: 對蝦 |
 Ukrainian: креветка |
 Urdu: جھينگا |
 Vietnamese: tôm panđa |
 Chinese: 对虾 |
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