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prawn
(encz) | prawn,garnát n: Zdeněk Brož |
prawn
(encz) | prawn,granátové ovoce n: Zdeněk Brož |
prawn
(encz) | prawn,kreveta n: Zdeněk Brož |
Prawn
(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.
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Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.
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prawn
(wn) | prawn
n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
most are edible
v 1: fish for prawns |
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long-clawed prawn
(encz) | long-clawed prawn, n: |
mantis prawn
(encz) | mantis prawn, n: |
prawn
(encz) | prawn,garnát n: Zdeněk Brožprawn,granátové ovoce n: Zdeněk Brožprawn,kreveta n: Zdeněk Brož |
river prawn
(encz) | river prawn, n: |
tropical prawn
(encz) | tropical prawn, n: |
mantis prawn
(gcide) | Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects
of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious
long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are
remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding
their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded
in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
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Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine
burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also
called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
[1913 Webster]mantis prawn \mantis prawn\ n.
Same as Squilla.
Syn: Mantis shrimp.
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prawns
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
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long-clawed prawn
(wn) | long-clawed prawn
n 1: large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in
Australian rivers [syn: long-clawed prawn, river prawn,
Palaemon australis] |
mantis prawn
(wn) | mantis prawn
n 1: a kind of mantis shrimp [syn: squilla, mantis prawn] |
prawn
(wn) | prawn
n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
most are edible
v 1: fish for prawns |
river prawn
(wn) | river prawn
n 1: large Australian prawn
2: large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in
Australian rivers [syn: long-clawed prawn, river prawn,
Palaemon australis] |
tropical prawn
(wn) | tropical prawn
n 1: edible tropical and warm-water prawn |
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