Lexic.us

Definition of River prawn

1. Noun. Large Australian prawn.

2. Noun. Large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of River Prawn

river bottom river boulder river cooter river crab river dolphin river god river gods river gum river horse river horses

river lamprey river lampreys river limpet river otter river pear river prawn (current term) river rat river rats river red gum river shad

river turtle riverain riverains riverbank riverbanks riverbed riverbeds riverboat riverboat queen riverboat queens

Literary usage of River prawn

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

1. Official Year Book of New South Wales by Australian Bureau of Statistics (1897)
"river prawn (Penaeus Macleayi, Haswell).—The river prawn is not so large as the two preceding species, seldom exceeding 4 or 5 inches in length. ..."

2. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"... the river prawn of the West Indies and Guatemala, of Surinam and the Ganges, with its lobster-like size of twelve inches long. ..."

3. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"... the river prawn of the West Indies and Guatemala, of Surinam and the Ganges, with its lobster-like size of twelve inches long. ..."

4. Zoölogical Science: Or, Nature in Living Forms by Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield (1858)
"The Common Prawn is not more than an inch and a half in length ; but the RIVER Prawn of the Carolinas and Florida, ..."

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