prawn

Noun
  1. Any of various edible decapod crustaceans (synset 107810135)
    is a type of: seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
    subtypes: river prawn - large Australian prawn
    is a part of: shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
    substance meronym: shrimp cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce
    same as: shrimp
  2. Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
    Most are edible (synset 101990186)
    is a type of: decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
    subtypes: long-clawed prawn, palaemon australis, river prawn - large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
    belongs to: genus palaemon, palaemon - type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus
Verb
  1. Fish for prawns (synset 201385260)
    is a type of: fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

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