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Definition of Prawn

1. Noun. Any of various edible decapod crustaceans.

2. Verb. Fish for prawns. "In the summer they like to go out and prawn"

3. Noun. Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible.

Definition of Prawn

1. 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.

Definition of Prawn

1. Noun. A large shrimp. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To fish for prawns. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prawn

1. to fish for prawns (edible shellfish) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prawn

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prawn crackers prawned prawner prawners prawning prawnlike prawns prawny praxeological praxeologically

Literary usage of Prawn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"Observations on the Natural History and Habits of the Common prawn, ... Into this vessel, thus arranged, several individuals of the common prawn were ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1836)
"... and which have been traced in the prawn in a very satisfactory manner, as well as in the shrimp, and some others of this tribe of the Crustacea; ..."

3. Fishing by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1904)
"To bait a prawn tackle neatly requires some time and care, ... 29 shows what is called the "97 prawn tackle," baited and unbaited. ..."

4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1836)
"The summer of 1828 put me in possession of this interesting information ; for by hatching the ova of the prawn, it was discovered to be the first stage of ..."

5. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by John Lubbock (1902)
"37, Larva of prawn, Nauplius stage (after F. Muller). ... 38 represent two stages in the development of the prawn. In the first (Fig. ..."

6. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"The baby prawn, во it is said, is not much like its parents, and has to undergo several changes prior to its arriving at an adult form. ..."

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