prawn
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of prawn
Related Words for prawn
clam, crustacean, mollusk, snail, scallop, conch, crawfish, shrimp, lobster, mussel, oyster, barnacle, whelk, piddock, crayfishExamples from the Web for prawn
Contemporary Examples of prawn
PRAWN COCKTAILThis is also delicious if you replace the shrimp with smoked salmon or cooked crab.
Similar in appearance and often used synonymously—and erroneously—the shrimp and the prawn are two different creatures.
After a lunch of prawn curry and rice at the Bunder, you may want to visit the Lighthouse Hill and its vicinity.
Historical Examples of prawn
The English lobster is a species, our cray fish is another, our prawn is another.
On the Study of ZoologyThomas H. Huxley
The prawn has never been tried on the Shuswap Lake; it might be worth a trial.
Fishing in British ColumbiaThomas Wilson Lambert
Like most other kinds of crustacea, the prawn is much larger in tropical climates.
The Ocean World:Louis Figuier
But for a prawn curry there is no place like the City of Palaces.
Cakes & AleEdward Spencer
Figs. 37 and 38 represent two stages in the development of the prawn.
On the Origin and Metamorphoses of InsectsSir John Lubbock