Prawn

Word PRAWN
Character 5
Hyphenation prawn
Pronunciations /pɹoːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Prawn"

What do we mean by prawn?

Any of various shrimps, especially one that is large or inhabits fresh water. noun

The flesh of a prawn, used as food. noun

To fish for prawns. intransitive verb

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. noun

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. noun

A large shrimp. noun

A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face. noun

To fish for prawns. verb

Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible noun

Fish for prawns verb

Any of various edible decapod crustaceans noun

A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.

A crustacean sometimes confused with shrimp.

A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.

A fool, an idiot.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Prawn

The word "prawn" in example sentences

I liked when he guest-starred on The Simpsons—I still chuckle whenever the sentence "Three prawns are hardly a galaxy!" comes to mind, which is pretty much whenever I hear the word prawn or read the word galaxy. ❋ Nihilistic_kid (2010)

It was a variation on a wonderful 17-year old joke by Michael Heseltine from back before the 1992 election, when he taunted Labour leaders Neil Kinnock and John Smith for trying to woo the financial community with a series of lunches and dinners in the City of London - what became known as the prawn cocktail offensive. wrote: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wrong, the name is from a type of grasshopper found in southafrica/nigera called the prawn ❋ Unknown (2009)

English lobster is a species, our cray fish is another, our prawn is another. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Spinning is usually practised when the water is too high or too coloured for the fly; trolling is seldom employed, but is useful for exploring pools which cannot be fished by spinning or with the fly; the prawn is a valuable lure in low water and when fish are unwilling to rise; while the worm is killing at all states of the river, but except as a last resource is not much in favour. ❋ Various (N/A)

The English lobster is a species, our cray fish is another, our prawn is another. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

"We had a boat, and I would see these extraordinary creatures at the bottom of the island," such as prawn-like creatures the size of small dogs that were caught in nets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Chiva-Som's two restaurants – Emerald Room and Taste of Siam – use a mix of Thai and Western influences to cook up low-calorie versions of dishes such as prawn salad and coconut curry, that are a feast for the eyes and mouth. ❋ Nellie S. Huang (2010)

The obvious metaphor is there, made even moreso, when the South African government of this near-future's present decides to re-locate the one million-plus "prawn" population to a decidedly smaller, more isolated camp -- in tandem with MNU, a corporation running the alien ghetto while secretly trying to tap them for their technology and biology. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This stall has been serving Indian rojak -- a classic Singapore dish of fried foods such as prawn fritters, squid, prawn-paste cakes and potatoes with chilies -- since the 1960s. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I never guessed they’d be feeding him champagne and king prawns whatever the hell a prawn is the very next day. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"In a clear sign of racism, there are no tracks by" prawn "musicians." ❋ Alexander Sliwinski (2010)

The short film, shot and produced by Xavi Tello, follows a solitary shrimp or "prawn," if you so please as it skitters across the ocean floor, on the lookout for predators and fishermen working for fast food chains. ❋ Sam Biddle (2010)

Two good swims in "refreshing" conditions at Aberbach and Cwm-yr-Eglwys plus fishing and shell-fishing (what the French call coquillage) - total yield one big prawn which is spared the pot. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is a recipient of a government loan which was used in developing the hotel's fish swamp and culturing different marine products such as prawn, milkfish and tilapia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

CSIRO scientists and the prawn industry have bred an improved Black Tiger prawn which is producing record yields in aquaculture farms and winning awards. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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