Prawn

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prawn \Prawn\, n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a
     sea mussel.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea
     having slender legs and long antenn[ae]. They mostly belong
     to the genera {Pandalus}, {Pal[ae]mon}, {Pal[ae]monetes}, and
     {Peneus}, and are much used as food. The common English prawn


     is {Pal[ae]mon serratus}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prawn
       n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: {shrimp}]
       2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
          most are edible
       v : fish for prawns

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "prawn":
     Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, blue point, clam, coquillage, crab,
     crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam,
     lobster, mussel, oyster, periwinkle, quahog, scallop, shellfish,
     shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, steamer, whelk